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* The eponymous Sherlock Holmes of the BBC's ''{{Sherlock}}'', despite solving crimes and catching murderers, is actually more interested in the intellectual challenge that his cases present than helping anyone. And while Sherlock's [[TheSociopath manipulative, callous nature]] turns out to be [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold something of a front]], it still ends up being played for laughs in nearly every episode.
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* The eponymous Sherlock Holmes of the BBC's ''{{Sherlock}}'', despite solving crimes and catching murderers, is actually more interested in the intellectual challenge that his cases present than helping anyone. And while Sherlock's [[TheSociopath manipulative, callous nature]] turns out to be [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold something of a front]], it it's still ends up being played for laughs in nearly every episode.
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* {{Sherlock}} Holmes is more interested in the intellectual challenge that his cases present, and is rather callous where real people are concerned. [[spoiler:At least, [[NotSoStoic he is at first]]. He turns out to be more of a subversion]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Moriarty:''']] If you don't stop prying, I will burn you. I will burn the ''heart'' out of you.
-->'''Sherlock:''' I have been reliably informed that I don't have one.
-->[[spoiler:'''Moriarty:''']] But we both know that's not quite true.
** In the 2009 BBC series Sherlock, Sherlock actually calls himself a sociopath; [[spoiler:the heroic part is somewhat debatable]]
-->'''Anderson:''' We found the case! According to someone, "the murderer has the case". And we found it in the hands of our favorite psychopath!
-->'''Sherlock:''' [with contempt] I'm not a psychopath, Anderson, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research.
-->[[spoiler:'''Moriarty:''']] If you don't stop prying, I will burn you. I will burn the ''heart'' out of you.
-->'''Sherlock:''' I have been reliably informed that I don't have one.
-->[[spoiler:'''Moriarty:''']] But we both know that's not quite true.
** In the 2009 BBC series Sherlock, Sherlock actually calls himself a sociopath; [[spoiler:the heroic part is somewhat debatable]]
-->'''Anderson:''' We found the case! According to someone, "the murderer has the case". And we found it in the hands of our favorite psychopath!
-->'''Sherlock:''' [with contempt] I'm not a psychopath, Anderson, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research.
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-->[[spoiler:'''Moriarty:''']] But we both know that's not quite true.
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--> '''Sherlock Holmes:''' Black, two sugars please. I’ll be upstairs.
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-->'''Anderson:''' We found the case! According to someone, "the murderer has the case". And we found it in the hands of our favorite psychopath!
-->'''Sherlock:''' [with contempt] I'm not a psychopath, Anderson, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research.
--> '''Molly Hooper:''' ...Okay.
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Compare SociopathicHero, for when this kind of behavior is not PlayedForLaughs. See also TokenEvilTeammate. {{Heroic Comedic Sociopath}}s are often, but not always, {{Nominal Hero}}es.
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** Lampshaded in "The Snook" when he makes the case to Kyle that his fanatic racism toward Muslims is what led to the thwarting of a terrorist attack. Kyle was [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop not amused at the fact that racism saved the day]].
*** Even better is that while Cartman triggers the hunt due to his suspicion of Muslims, the actual terrorist was actually a Russian communist.
*** Even better is that while Cartman triggers the hunt due to his suspicion of Muslims, the actual terrorist was actually a Russian communist.
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* Stewie from ''{{Family Guy}}'' is perhaps the most classic example of the heroic sociopath as he is a fan favorite whose antics are over the top mostly for comedic effect and he has little intent to kill or harm his family save for Lois. Yet it is made clear at varying times he does not always think much of Peter, Chris, or Meg either.
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* Stewie from ''{{Family Guy}}'' is perhaps the most classic example of the heroic sociopath as he is a fan favorite whose antics are over the top mostly for comedic effect and he has little intent to kill or harm his family save for Lois. Yet it is made clear at varying times he does not always think much of Peter, Chris, or Meg either.
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** MassEffect2 actually has a {{Justified}} example in the BountyHunter and PunchClockHero: Zaeed. He got shot in the head, loosing the part of his brain responsible for empathy.
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* {{Slayers Lina Inverse}} takes on this role. In the comedic parts of the series she has accidentally released a dragon onto a village and refused to help the village until paid for her services as well as rescue a captive from pirates...then sell her (a fishwoman) to a chef for money.
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** Dont forget Anya, a (supposedly) rare example of a female purveyor of this trope.
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** Don't forget his clever use of human shields.
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* Virtually everyone in [[{{Paranoia}} Alpha Complex]], as well as any [[PlayerCharacter Troubleshooters]] who plan on surviving the first five minutes of a mission.
* Virtually everyone in [[{{Paranoia}} Alpha Complex]], as well as any [[PlayerCharacter Troubleshooters]] who plan on surviving the first five minutes of a mission.
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* ... It seems everyone has forgotten [[{{Gundam 00}} Hallelujah]]~!!
--> '''Hallelujah Haptism''': [[EvilLaugh HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!]]
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** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcbazH6aE2g Hell, they even made him a musical. And even though this troper HATES musical as much as a thing that he hates a lot, he found this amazing!]]
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** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcbazH6aE2g Hell, they even made him a musical. And even though this troper HATES musical as much as a thing that he hates a lot, he found this amazing!]]]]
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* [[spoiler:Cesar Salazar]] of ''GeneratorRex'' is a subversion of this. He is described as "kooky" and "kinda off" and appears for a while to just be a wacky inventor, but pretty normal otherwise. But as time goes on, he begins to display a marked lack of concern for people (including his own ''brother'') or ethics. It seems he has no moral code of his own, even.
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* The entire team of ''TeamFortress2'' are a bunch of LaughablyEvil loonies with loads of ComedicSociopathy and AmusingInjuries thrown into the mix.
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* The entire team of ''TeamFortress2'' ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' are a bunch of LaughablyEvil loonies with loads of ComedicSociopathy and AmusingInjuries thrown into the mix.
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* Izzy of ''TotalDramaIsland'', who not only looks back at the time she BLEW UP A MOUNTIES' CAMP with cheer, but enjoys being hunted down by them!
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* Izzy of ''TotalDramaIsland'', ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland'', who not only looks back at the time she BLEW UP A MOUNTIES' CAMP with cheer, but enjoys being hunted down by them!
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* One possible interpretation of Sam Vimes in ''{{Discworld}}'' is that he's one of these. He makes frequent references to "the Beast" and an internal darkness, and frequently feels homicidal urges towards truly unrepentant or psychotic criminals. However, unlike most examples on this list, he doesn't channel these urges into heroism but ignores and fights them. [[CombatPragmatist Dirty fighting]] and CowboyCop tendencies aside, he's a genuinely LawfulGood man with a deep respect for life and freedom. [[spoiler:The one time he deliberatly kills a man, he makes a conscious decision to not enjoy or dramatise it in any way.]]
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* One possible interpretation of Sam Vimes in ''{{Discworld}}'' is that he's one of these. He makes frequent references to "the Beast" and an internal darkness, and frequently feels homicidal urges towards truly unrepentant or psychotic criminals. However, unlike most examples on this list, he doesn't channel these urges into heroism but ignores and fights them. [[CombatPragmatist Dirty fighting]] and CowboyCop tendencies aside, he's a genuinely LawfulGood man with a deep respect for life and freedom. [[spoiler:The one first time he deliberatly kills a man, he makes a conscious decision to not enjoy or dramatise it in any way.]]
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* Princess Lucinda, of her own comic and the second volume of ''WitchGirlsTales''. Yes, she actually ''is'' being played for laughs, despite what some might tell you -- the ''Witch Girls'' franchise has tended toward BlackComedy.
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* Princess Lucinda, of her own comic and the second volume of ''WitchGirlsTales''.''WitchGirlsTales'', on those occasions when she's not being played as an outright VillainProtagonist. Yes, she actually ''is'' being played for laughs, despite what some might tell you -- the ''Witch Girls'' franchise has tended toward BlackComedy.
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* ''TheBrakShow'' features Zorak Jones, an [[LeaveItToBeaver Eddie Haskell-esque]] character who is also a sadistic, sociopathic, morally bankrupt misanthrope. He is basically what you get when you mix [[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce Master Shake]] and [[SouthPark Cartman]]. Luckily though, [[TheChewToy he often gets killed horrifically]] during each episode, which might make him somewhat of a subversion.
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* ''TheBrakShow'' ''WesternAnimation/TheBrakShow'' features Zorak Jones, an [[LeaveItToBeaver Eddie Haskell-esque]] character who is also a sadistic, sociopathic, morally bankrupt misanthrope. He is basically what you get when you mix [[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce Master Shake]] and [[SouthPark Cartman]]. Luckily though, [[TheChewToy he often gets killed horrifically]] during each episode, which might make him somewhat of a subversion.
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** In the Soul Society arc, Mayuri was a straight up CompleteMonster whose actions were totally PlayedForDrama- he was a sadistic, mass murdering TortureTechnician who [[BadBoss blew up his own men]] just to get at two of the heroes, planning on killing one painfully and performing horrifying experiments on the other, which if they were anything like the experiments he performed on the surviving Quincy were likely to be as cruel and agonising as they were utterly pointless. He's treated as an outright villain who just happens to be working for the Gotei 13, which only served to increase the sense that there was something rotten at the core of that group. It's only his antics in the Hueco Mundo arc that made him this trope, and he is the [[Pantheon/HeroesAndVillains God Of]] [[KarmaHoudini Unpunished Villainy]] for a reason.
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* A good portion of protagonists from QuentinTarantino films, such as The Bride from ''KillBill Vol. 1/2'' could qualify as this trope. And then there's ''InglouriousBasterds'', which is ''based'' around the trope.
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* A good portion of protagonists from QuentinTarantino films, such as The Bride from ''KillBill Vol. 1/2'' could qualify as this trope. And then there's ''InglouriousBasterds'', which is ''based'' completely based around the trope.
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*** He just becomes a regular Jerkass in III, though. Not lovable at all.
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* In ''FullMetalPanic'', Sagara Sousuke is a heroic commando soldier with NoSocialSkills due to his military upbringing. The anime's second season, ''Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu'', is a full-fledged high school romantic comedy rather than an action series, and Sousuke's behavior is accordingly escalated into a case of full-blown ComedicSociopathy that brings him under the auspices of this trope by doing things like ''completely [[BreakTheCutie breaking]]'' his school's NiceGuy rugby team with TheSpartanWay (while still never managing to learn anything about how rugby is actually played).
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* In ''FullMetalPanic'', Sagara Sousuke is a heroic commando soldier with NoSocialSkills due to his military upbringing. The anime's second season, ''Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu'', is a full-fledged high school romantic comedy rather than an action series, and Sousuke's behavior is accordingly escalated into a case of full-blown ComedicSociopathy that brings him under the auspices of this trope by doing things like ''completely [[BreakTheCutie breaking]]'' his school's NiceGuy rugby team with TheSpartanWay (while (all the while quoting [[FullMetalJacket Gunnery Sergeant Hartman]] and still never managing to learn anything about how rugby is actually played). played).
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* ''TheBrakShow'' features Zorak Jones, an [[LeaveItToBeaver Eddie Haskell-esque]] character who is also a sadistic, sociopathic, morally bankrupt misanthrope. He is basically what you get when you mix [[AquaTeenHungerForce Master Shake]] and [[SouthPark Cartman]]. Luckily though, [[TheChewToy he often gets killed horrifically]] during each episode, which might make him somewhat of a subversion.
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* Viruk from David Gemmell's Echoes of the Great Song. Viruk takes great pleasure from fighting and killing his enemies. He believes that the Source (God) talks to him and orders him to kill people. He is described as being very changeable as a person; he kills an entire convoy of raiders and their caravan drivers and finally decides to let one live. Later on in the book he kills a king and is about to kill the man's bodyguards when he sees some flowers nearby and becomes distracted. Near the end of the book, when all of the remaining Avatars go on a death charge against their enemies, everyone is grim and determined; however, when it switches to Viruk's point of view, it shows that he is in ecstasy and truly enjoying the brutal fighting.
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* Viruk from David Gemmell's Echoes ''Echoes of the Great Song.Song''. Viruk takes great pleasure from fighting and killing his enemies. He believes that the Source (God) talks to him and orders him to kill people. He is described as being very changeable as a person; he kills an entire convoy of raiders and their caravan drivers and finally decides to let one live. Later on in the book he kills a king and is about to kill the man's bodyguards when he sees some flowers nearby and becomes distracted. Near the end of the book, when all of the remaining Avatars go on a death charge against their enemies, everyone is grim and determined; however, when it switches to Viruk's point of view, it shows that he is in ecstasy and truly enjoying the brutal fighting.
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* [[MoeAnthropomorphism Prussia]] from ''AxisPowersHetalia'' is a TedBaxter character who's all too happy to fight -- but, being Hetalia, no-one's evil, so he's a... hero. And a sociopath. Hence, a heroic sociopath.
* ''{{Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan}}'' has the main character Dokuro-chan being an adorable angel with the power of resurrection, whose intent is to protect the male protagonist Sakura...[[GrotesqueCute when she's not manipulating, torturing, or killing him]] in a [[RefugeInAudacity hilariously over the top]] manner.
* Kogarashi from ''KamenNoMaidGuy'' is a seven-foot musclebound monster of a ''[[{{meido}} maid]]'' (and a male one, at that) with a permanent SlasherSmile, more wacky superpowers than you can shake a stick at (including 37 senses), an extremely perverted and sadistic streak and with absolutely no respect whatsoever for his erstwhile 'master' -- the only way his master keeps him under control is by frequent beatings in the skull with a nail bat, which is only effective for a few minutes at a time.
* Barry the Chopper from the ''FullmetalAlchemist'' manga. Not so much in the anime, where's just a ButtMonkey and a PsychoForHire.
** ESPECIALLY in the second anime, where (like in the manga) he's treated as [[ComedicSociopathy sociopathic comic]] relief after his HeelFaceTurn.
* ''{{Bleach}}'' has Mayuri Kurotsuchi, a psychotic mad scientist, and Kenpachi Zaraki, an equally psychotic BloodKnight.
** The 11 division in which Kenpachi is charge of is full of them.
* Main Character Jokyuu of ''{{Aiki}}'' counts as one of these as well, being a violent, womanizing, alienating son of a shepherd, yet he's such a Badass that he indeed sets the comic tone for the series.
-->'''Jokyuu:''' Friends is what you call someone who likes to be someone else's minion isn't it? I don't need such things as friends! I mean, I don't have any friends to begin with.
** All in the presence of the rest of the cast, all female, who proceed to get freaking pissed, but everybody's crazy in this manga.
* In ''FullMetalPanic'', Sagara Sousuke is a heroic commando soldier with NoSocialSkills due to his military upbringing. The anime's second season, ''Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu'', is a full-fledged high school romantic comedy rather than an action series, and Sousuke's behavior is accordingly escalated into a case of full-blown ComedicSociopathy that brings him under the auspices of this trope by doing things like ''completely [[BreakTheCutie breaking]]'' his school's NiceGuy rugby team with TheSpartanWay (while still never managing to learn anything about how rugby is actually played).
* ... It seems everyone has forgotten [[{{Gundam 00}} Hallelujah]]~!!
--> '''Hallelujah Haptism''': [[EvilLaugh HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!]]
* Oga Tatsumi, the protagonist of ''{{Beelzebub}}''. He gleefully pounces onto any chance to inflict AmusingInjuries onto anyone in his way (well, anyone male anyway: Not that he WouldntHitAGirl but it's mostly men that pick fights with him) and is so nasty that the son of the devil, Baby Be'el, attached itself to him because he thought he was a demon. The first episode of the anime has him narrating a flashback of how he came across Baby Be'el [[UnreliableVoiceover in an over-the-top sugary manner praising his own kindheartedness and virtue]] while the images on-screen shows him happily beating up punks and dipping {{yakuza}} in the local river head-first just because he can.
* Adam Blade in ''{{NEEDLESS}}''; a foul-mouthed, perverted, borderline pedophile and extremely arrogant {{Cloudcuckoolander}} priest with an extremely rare and overpowered fragment. Adam could probably unite the Black Spot under his rule if he had chosen to, but considers it too much work. Just about all of the carnage he inflicts, both on his enemies and his erstwhile 'allies', is treated as light comedy unless he's fighting a particularly monstrous opponent.
** To a lesser degree, Eve also counts for this trope, but she seems more scatter-brained and oblivious and not to mention gets beaten a lot more than Adam does.
* The titular character of ''KarakuridoujiUltimo'': Very [[CuteMachines cute]], [[FriendToAllChildren good with kids]], and created to be the literal embodiment of good. But provoke him in any way? [[GoodIsNotNice Get ready]] [[AxCrazy for a world of pain]].
* The eponymous {{Gokudo}}: Swordsman Extraordinaire.
* Kitsu Chiri from ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' eventually got the role of HeroicSociopath due to CharacterizationMarchesOn, and frequently snaps and murders (or is implied to murder) the extremely [[SnapBack non-killable cast]] or attempts crazy stunts like splitting the Earth in half, taking over Sengoku-era Japan by killing everyone, or playing '[[YouDoNOTWantToKnow meat doll]]'. It gets so bad that when Chiri's attempt at 'surprising' the teacher ends up demolishing a wall and flattening all the desks in the classroom ([[AndZoidberg and Ushio]]), everyone points out that this kind of behaviour is not very 'surprising' coming from her.
** Another example is (possibly) Kafuka, whose role as living in-universe NightmareFuelUnleaded is mostly PlayedForLaughs.
* Thorkell The Tall from ''VinlandSaga''. Imagine a good-natured and enthusiastic AdultChild who literally bubbles with ''joie de vivre'' and throws himself into life with single-minded glee and delight. Good. Now, imagine him as [[BoisterousBruiser an eight foot tall viking]], DualWielding [[AnAxeToGrind axes]], who [[BloodKnight lives for fighting people]] and ''really'' isn't particular about who he picks a fight with as long as they've got the promise of a good fight in them. You have Thorkell. Other people in the series comments on how easily likeable he is for a man prone to ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, pillaging, scaring the water out of people merely by getting psyched, and who casually smashes the skull of one of his own subordinates for mocking a WorthyOpponent of his. It should be noted he started out as a PsychoForHire, only to join the main characters when he realized the BigBad would be funnier to fight.
* Okita Sougo from {{Gintama}}. He's a sadist and is proud to be one. Yet, he is one of the good guys and indulges in PetTheDog occasionally. [[GenreSavvy Lampshaded by the man himself]] that the benefit of being a heroic sociopath is that he can avoid HeelFaceDoorSlam when he feels like being nice.
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* Many of the members of the SquadronSupreme in SupremePower, though mostly Zarda. She kills with particular glee, and has secret desires for global domination.
* Dogbert, ''{{Dilbert}}''. A great deal of what Scott Adams wishes he could say or do ends up in Dogbert's actions.
** Specifically, the part he can't say "[[WordOfGod for fear of retribution]]".
* The title character of JhonenVasquez's ''JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac''; at least when he's not being full of {{wangst}}.
-->'''Johnny:''' On a crowded street, I could drain a flower vendor of all his blood, and not get caught! People would scream and vomit, and yet, somehow, I would walk away unscathed. I could do that!... Oh, wait... I ''did'' do that!
** ...''[[CompletelyMissingThePoint Heroic?]]''
* The slightly cracked, catchphrase spouting, ever-shameless {{Deadpool}}, who [[strike: practically]] ''completely'' defines this trope! He's also AxeCrazy, loves to make people go WhatTheHellHero, is DangerouslyGenreSavvy, and is the TropeCodifier of a few other tropes.
** Note, however, that it seems to [[DependingOnTheWriter depend on the writer]]. Sometimes he's this with a very large helping of CrazyAwesome, while at other times (particularly in the newer issues) he becomes a NobleDemon who would NeverHurtAnInnocent(see the page quote!). As noble as someone who is insane can be anyway.
*** Considering that he's an absolute fruitcake, there is absolutely nothing preventing both those interpretations from being true, depending not so much upon the writer as on the state of Deadpool's brain-pan.
* Also DependingOnTheWriter is DC's {{Lobo}}, who can be anything from this trope to outright VillainProtagonist depending on how seriously he's being played in that particular issue.
* ''{{Sam and Max}}: Freelance Police'', in most of their media appearances, are a Heroic Sociopath duo. The dynamic being that Max is ''much'' more sociopathic than Sam, who is mostly of the "apathetic towards anyone I don't personally know" variety. Sam basically keeps Max from blowing up the world by being several times larger than him. Also, did we mention that Max is the [[PresidentEvil President of the United States]], following the decapitation of the robot that the previous president turned out to be?
** In Season Two of the games, it's revealed that they even [[spoiler:have a wing of Hell dedicated to them.]]
*** [[spoiler: Better yet, you don't even have to be a particularly bad person to get sent there when you die; you just have to have been involved in Sam & Max's shenanigans during or near the time it happens]].
** But remember, everything Max does, is just because Sam "Can't think of a reason not to."
** In fact, Sam and Max are such impossible a**holes that they once dreamed that they died and went to Heaven, but got kicked out for being too rowdy. That's right: even ''Jesus'' can't stand Sam and Max!
* [[ComedicSociopath Rasputin]] in the ''CortoMaltese'' series has no qualms killing, and is generally considered as stable as a landmine while [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass far from that dangerous]].
* The Space Marine from the ''Comicbook/{{Doom}} comic''. He may be batshit insane and enjoying his job way too much, but he ''is'' fighting demons from hell and is a human space marine. The intentional PlayedForLaughs aspect is debatable, in that nobody is entirely sure if the comic was [[StealthParody meant to be serious or not]], but he's definitively 'funny' either way.
* The Blazing Skull of the New Invaders used to be a pacifist. He doesn't exactly remember what that means, but anything with the word 'fist' in it can't be all bad.
* [[http://www.redmeat.com/redmeat/meatlocker/milkmandan.html Milkman Dan]] from Max Cannon's ''RedMeat'', author-proclaimed "Booze-fueled paragon of pointless cruelty and wanton sadism". Especially noticeable in his repeated pestering of BrattyHalfPint Karen.
* Sebastion O. from the comics of same name is a complete [[TheDandy dandy]] and more interested in filling the void of a dull life (and getting revenge on the people who put him in Bedlam) than any form of kindness. Also one of his best friends is a pederast.
* Princess Lucinda, of her own comic and the second volume of ''WitchGirlsTales''. Yes, she actually ''is'' being played for laughs, despite what some might tell you -- the ''Witch Girls'' franchise has tended toward BlackComedy.
* Hit Girl of ''KickAss''.
* Several main characters of ''SinCity'' can come across as this, especially Marv: A lot of the quite horrible things he performs with his usual boyish enthusiasm seems to be played for (somewhat reluctant) laughs.
* As a [[BountyHunter Freelance Peackeeping Agent]], DeathsHead often falls into this role. He doesn't really care who his targets are as long as he gets paid, yet by various coincidences only the truly deserving end up dead.
* The scarab from ''BlueBeetle'' is quick to [[MurderIsTheBestSolution propose the murder]] of whatever obstacle Jaime has to deal with. [[spoiler:Jaime eventually influences it enough to give it a full HeelFaceTurn, but that doesn't stop it from occasionally proposing solutions so overkill that they have "theological implications."]]
* TheCreeper is basically a heroic version of TheJoker. There have even been instances where the latter found him too unstable.
* While the Red Lanterns of ''GreenLantern'' are typically HeWhoFightsMonsters, they occasionally veer into this trope when they and the heroes are targeting the same being, or if they're in a reasonable mood that day.
* ThePunisher is often, DependingOnTheWriter, so completely batshit insane that the only thing that keeps him from being a VillainProtagonist is the nature of the bad guys he guns down.
* While TheAuthority are often willing to go to extreme lengths to accomplish their goals, a special mention must be made for The Midnighter. At one point when another team member was annoying him, he thought to himself about how many different ways he could kill said team member.
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* In ''[[Fanfic/BeckaRangersNemoThunder Becka Rangers: Nemo Thunder]]'', Kyle's Jellyfish Ranger suit tends to [[ClothesMakeTheManiac turn him into one]].
-->"[[PreMortemOneLiner Tell the coroner I said hi]]!"
* The Hunter in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached''. Though he considers himself “good,” he constantly brags to the four about all the people he's killed and the destruction he's wrought. They, of course, find him completely repellent. Until [[spoiler: ThePowerOfFriendship (not of them to him but amongst themselves) causes him to reexamine his life and ultimately have a HeelFaceTurn]].
** They're actually quite surprised to hear that he doesn't consider himself or his {{BFS}} evil.
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* A good portion of protagonists from QuentinTarantino films, such as The Bride from ''KillBill Vol. 1/2'' could qualify as this trope. And then there's ''InglouriousBasterds'', which is ''based'' around the trope.
* Chev Chelios from the ''Film/{{Crank}}'' films, who may indeed suffer some hijinks but causes the majority of them -- among other things, he [[spoiler:steals a motorcycle from a cop then taunts him by doing donuts in the middle of an intersection, while wearing nothing but a hospital gown and his socks and shoes, after injecting himself with five times the recommended dose of Epinephrine (adrenaline).]]
* ''Film/TheMask'' in his film and cartoon incarnations is an id-dominated maniac who is liable to act on everything that Stanley Ipkiss represses and it's all PlayedForLaughs. He also isn't actually that villainous when compared to the actual villains of said film and cartoon. His [[ComicBook/TheMask comics incarnation]], meanwhile, is a pure-up VillainProtagonist.
** It also helps that so many of the characters who get picked on by The Mask are [[AssholeVictim Asshole Victims]]. In fact, in the movie it often seems as if Edge City is ''swarming'' with all kinds of pests, weirdos, bullies, and all-around [[JerkAss Jerk Asses]] whose only purpose in life is to drive Stanley to impossible levels of madness and inspire him to wreak creatively ghoulish destruction as The Mask. Fittingly enough, it is eventually revealed that the titular mask is an Old Norse archaeological find in which is trapped the spirit of the mischievous demon Loki.
** Among Stanley's most outrageous actions as The Mask:
*** Firing at some (unarmed) muggers with a tommy gun
*** [[AssShove Shoving car parts up the anuses of two auto mechanics who tried to cheat him]]
*** Seducing the police lieutenant's wife (though only implied)
*** Attempting to ''rape'' the girl he yearns for (who, remarkably, [[EasilyForgiven doesn't seem to hold it against Stanley]] and even winds up with him at the end!)
* Lancelot from ''MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''. When he receives a note via arrow that someone is being forced to marry against their will, he rushes to the poor (presumed) princess' aid... and slaughters not only every unresisting guard in his way, but about half of the party guests as well, including brides' maids and elderly folks.
** Afterwards, he sincerely apologizes for the misunderstanding.
* Frank D'Arbo, the protagonist of {{Super}}, has a case of hyper-morality after being told by {{God}} himself to bring justice to the streets of his neighborhood. Inspired by comics, he assumes the superhero alter ego Crimson Bolt and [[WellIntentionedExtremist uses a wrench]] to smash the faces of not only criminals, but ''people who push in queues'', all ForGreatJustice. His sidekick, the self-named [[PsychoSupporter Boltie]], is another, even more extreme version of this.
* Although the description of the trope refers to wicked characters, Tom Cruise's protagonist Roy Milner in ''KnightAndDay'' still comes across this way despite having elements of TheCape. He racks up a massive amount of property damage over the course of the film and a body count to match while maintaining a totally nonchalant attitude as a humorous contract. At one point, the villains try to persuade the heroine that Roy is actually a psychopathic pathological liar, and that is a surprisingly believable explanation. The effect is helped by MetaCasting / RealitySubtext which thinks of Cruise as mentally unstable. For a representative exchange:
-->'''June''': The pilots are dead?
-->'''Miller''': Shot.
-->'''June''': Shot... By who?
-->'''Miller''': Uh, me. Actually, I shot the first pilot... he shot the second pilot accidentally. It's just... one of those things.
** Later:
-->'''Miller''': I'm going to go talk to the men in the tunnel. {{Beat}}. Actually, I'm just gonna shoot them.
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* Yulia Latynina's sci-fi political thriller ''Insider'' gives us Kissur The White Falcon, imperial favourite, former prime minister, supreme tactician and feudal overlord of the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Aloms]]. He is also a reckless madman that spends most of the book either committing or threatening to commit acts of over the top violence. In the first chapter, for instance, he drives around recklessly at night, slams his car into the first other car he finds and mugs the recently arrived protagonist. ''Twice''. Just for fun. He befriends the protagonist out of respect for him actually fighting back on the next day. It gets better and better through the novel. In the words of another character, "If [Kissur] sees a house that is on fire, he'll rush inside to save the baby; if he sees a house that ''isn't'' on fire, he'll set fire to it."
* Viruk from David Gemmell's Echoes of the Great Song. Viruk takes great pleasure from fighting and killing his enemies. He believes that the Source (God) talks to him and orders him to kill people. He is described as being very changeable as a person; he kills an entire convoy of raiders and their caravan drivers and finally decides to let one live. Later on in the book he kills a king and is about to kill the man's bodyguards when he sees some flowers nearby and becomes distracted. Near the end of the book, when all of the remaining Avatars go on a death charge against their enemies, everyone is grim and determined; however, when it switches to Viruk's point of view, it shows that he is in ecstasy and truly enjoying the brutal fighting.
** He later goes down in legend as the god of war and spring/nature.
* [[BeastFable Reynard The Fox]] from the medieval stories is a vicious {{Trickster|Archetype}} that will double-cross anyone, and has been shown to try to attack and kill several other characters without remorse. His list of crimes: tricking his uncle's wife to sleep with him, killed a hare and tricked a drunken ram-priest to claim he did it, sold out his few friends to keep from getting hanged, openly macked the king's wife, feigned being a pilgrim to take money, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking made off with his uncle's cache of fish]]. [[OlderThanTheyThink This makes our dear Fox-friend... well, you know]].
** In fact, Reynard is in the long line of {{Heroic Sociopath}}s in medieval stories. ''The Canterbury Tales'', for example, has one of these in the majority of its tales.
*** [[OlderthanFeudalism Older than that.]] Loki in Norse mythology and Coyote/Trickster in Native American mythology, for two. Coyote racked up many of the same offenses as Reynard and then some.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_and_Moritz Max and Moritz]], the two no-good urchin tricksters in WilhelmBusch's children's novel. They finally [[spoiler:are ground alive into flour and the miller's geese eat them.]]
* Efnisien of the ''{{Mabinogion}}''. Where to begin? When he is mistaken for a servant by the King of Ireland's squire he mutilated said kings horses. When Irish nobles intended to ambush peace talks by hiding in sacks he went to each one and asked the servants (who where in on it) "What is in this sack?" and, when receiving the answer "Flour", he found the head of the hidden noble and crushed it like an egg. He then threw his own young nephew into a fire so that he would die and prevent the peace treaty going through.
** In the version of the tale Branwen I was always told as a child, Efnisien was ''worse'' than that. In the version I was told, he didn't just kill one man by crushing his head like an egg, he killed one hundred of Matholwch's men like this.
* Carnival of the ''DeepgateCodex'' series is about as AxCrazy as AxCrazy gets (and has a HairTriggerTemper), but she's just [[MoeMoe so damn cute]] that her insanity winds up being part of her appeal.
* [[TheActsOfCaine Caine of Garthan Hold]] skirts the line of this. Well, maybe dances on it. Okay, he does a full soft-shoe number up and down with Broadway routines and a full stage orchestra in the background.
* Meursault in ''TheStranger'', if you go for the AlternateCharacterInterpretation.
* John Wayne Cleaver in ''IAmNotASerialKiller'', who is a 15 year old boy who is a sociopath, but has set up internal rules that prevent the monster inside of him from coming out. This changes, of course, when a real serial killer begins terrorizing his small town and he's the only person that can fight back on the killers level.
* One possible interpretation of Sam Vimes in ''{{Discworld}}'' is that he's one of these. He makes frequent references to "the Beast" and an internal darkness, and frequently feels homicidal urges towards truly unrepentant or psychotic criminals. However, unlike most examples on this list, he doesn't channel these urges into heroism but ignores and fights them. [[CombatPragmatist Dirty fighting]] and CowboyCop tendencies aside, he's a genuinely LawfulGood man with a deep respect for life and freedom. [[spoiler:The one time he deliberatly kills a man, he makes a conscious decision to not enjoy or dramatise it in any way.]]
* Loki in {{Daemon}}, while usually not played for laughs, shows a flash of this when he puts a "data curse" on a businessman who cut him--the late-twenties, tattooed, generally unprepossessing specimen who [[OhCrap just happens to have one of the highest Daemon levels in the darknet]]--in line in a coffee shop, then refused to give up the place. The curse messes up the businessman's digital profile at every available level, making sure that his credit rating goes to shit, he can't ever buy anything because his accounts are broken, and he's even tapped to make payments on debts he never incurred. It's completely over-the-top, but still marginally sympathetic due to the businessman's [[AssholeVictim supercilious attitude]]. Of course, it then immediately gets {{Deconstructed}} with a lower-level darknet operative nearby noting that Loki's action will most likely completely ruin the man's life, and {{Lampshading}} its DisproportionateRetribution status.
* TheCulture built a whole [[StateSec agency]] that employs ''millions'' of {{HeroicSociopath}}s: ironically, in a society of pacifist Space Hippies, the ruthless Special Circumstances is "the closest thing to an elite" that they have.
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* Spike from ''{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}'' is this in season 4 and part of season 5.
** Dont forget Anya, a (supposedly) rare example of a female purveyor of this trope.
* ''TheColbertReport'' once did a segment that more or less showed ''a repo man'' as one: he jokes that his job is more or less stealing the cars of people that are in debt, and is pretty damn happy about it.
* Dexter Morgan from ''{{Dexter}}'', a serial killer with a code, and a realistic superhero.
* Jayne Cobb from {{Firefly}} does this a lot, as he manages to knock some decent giggles out of the audience by being an amoral, violent and intimidating bastard.
* Joy Merryweather, who is referenced on the ''{{Drop the Dead Donkey}}'' page.
* ''{{iCarly}}'': Sam, pretty much anytime an incident goes from a regular run of the mill incident to something that threatens Carly.
* [[AlmightyJanitor The Janitor]] from ''{{Scrubs}}'' approaches this on occasion.
* Nathan from ''{{Misfits}}'' certainly borders on this. Other characters do occasionally suggest that he probably has some kind of mental illness (usually when they're trying to explain his bizarre behavior to baffled and offended strangers) but it's still played exclusively for laughs.
* Stuart Jones, one of the two leads in the UK version of ''{{Queer as Folk}}''. He's much more of a bastard than a hero really, but every now and then he does something so outrageous and awesome you can't completely hate him.
* {{Sherlock}} Holmes is more interested in the intellectual challenge that his cases present, and is rather callous where real people are concerned. [[spoiler:At least, [[NotSoStoic he is at first]]. He turns out to be more of a subversion]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Moriarty:''']] If you don't stop prying, I will burn you. I will burn the ''heart'' out of you.
-->'''Sherlock:''' I have been reliably informed that I don't have one.
-->[[spoiler:'''Moriarty:''']] But we both know that's not quite true.
** In the 2009 BBC series Sherlock, Sherlock actually calls himself a sociopath; [[spoiler:the heroic part is somewhat debatable]]
-->'''Anderson:''' We found the case! According to someone, "the murderer has the case". And we found it in the hands of our favorite psychopath!
-->'''Sherlock:''' [with contempt] I'm not a psychopath, Anderson, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research.
* StarTrekVoyager: BradDourif plays Lon Suder, an ensign who murders a coworker, but redeems himself by fighting off a band of space pirates who have taken over the ship.
* Luther: Alice, a dangerous femme fatale [[spoiler: who murdered her own parents]] comes across as this.
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* The list goes on and on and on...
** RandyOrton
** StoneColdSteveAustin
** TheUndertaker
** {{Wrestler/Kane}}
** {{Edge}} (during his final face run)
** JohnCena (when he's in a ''really'' bad mood)
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[[folder:Theater]]
* CyranoDeBergerac: Deconstructed by Cyrano: Possessing severe MommyIssues and a [[MartyrdomCulture strange upbringing]], Cyrano's actions are a cry for acceptance from the rest of the world, delivered the only way his broken mind knows how. Cyrano is a rare example that is not a KarmaHoudini. When Cyrano is sad, he bullies annoying people and pick up the occasional SwordFight. When Cyrano is happy, he search for various [[AssholeVictim Asshole Victims]] to kill them, (he kills [[OneManArmy eight thugs paid to ambush one of Cyrano’s friends]]) as he lampshades at Act I Scene VI:
--> '''Le Bret:''' Now you'll be calm, I hope?
--> '''Cyrano''' ''(beside himself for joy):'' Calm? I now calm?
--> I'll be frenetic, frantic,—raving mad!
--> Oh, for an army to attack!—a host!
--> I've ten hearts in my breast; a score of arms;
--> No dwarfs to cleave in twain!. . .
--> ''(Wildly):'' [[ThisIsSparta No! Giants now!]]
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* From Bioware: ''BaldursGate'' has Xzar, the sequel has Korgan Bloodaxe, ''{{Knights of the Old Republic}}'' has HK-47, ''JadeEmpire'' The Black Whirlwind, and The Toad Demon, ''MassEffect'' has Wrex (although he's a mild example since his comedy is mostly from snarking) while ''DragonAge'' has Shale.
** MassEffect2 actually has a {{Justified}} example in the BountyHunter and PunchClockHero: Zaeed. He got shot in the head, loosing the part of his brain responsible for empathy.
** Also the very cheerful [[BloodKnight Grunt]], and the slightly unstable [[DarkActionGirl Jack]]. Both have very funny random lines. The high concentration of [[HeroicSociopath heroic sociopathy]] in Shepard's team is [[JustifiedTrope justified]], considering the low survival odds of the mission.
* Thanks to the KarmaMeter, your character could be like this in the ''{{Fable}}'' games. An NPC example would be Reaver, the Hero of Skill from ''Fable II''. He's a smug and egotistical pirate who is seen trying three times to immortalize his likeness in art, only to shoot the artist for some slight error in their work, and tricks you into [[spoiler: sacrificing your youth (or that of an NPC, if you're playing an evil character) to the Shadow Court in order to prolong his life.]]
** Of those artists that are killed, the first two maybe, ''maybe'' deserved it for screwing up the work. The third? [[spoiler: It's everyone's favorite photography dude, Barnum, who happily takes the picture and promises to deliver it in three months when it's "developified". Which, according to Reaver, is too long and a ''murderable offense'']].
* The [[CombatCommentator commentators]] from ''MadWorld''. One is a former contestant in the [[BloodSport Death Watch]], the other is a wife-beating TooKinkyToTorture {{Jerkass}} who's probably voicing this gig because he's too wanted to get work anywhere else and both of them are PlayedForLaughs.
* {{Alpha Protocol}}'s Steven Heck has, during the course of the game (if you play your cards right):
** Tied up and "interrogated" someone just to find out where he left his keys
** Mounted a Gatling gun to a train car and fired wildly on enemy agents as his train passed the station
** Cut off three of a man's fingers for calling him "Steve", BEFORE setting him on fire
** Reacts to being told "no casualties" like a normal person being told to eat a puppy
*** And despite all this, if you get him on your side, he's a genuinely good support character, doing everything he does out of loyalty to his friends and country.
* The character of the {{Rance}} series would probably be a complete monster in any other series with his casual rape and murder... but whenever the rape starts, it's a bit hard to take very seriously considering [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GauhWG340dI&feature=related the music that is playing.]] And that's just for starters.
* [[CuteWitch Marisa Kirisame]] from ''{{Touhou}}''.
* Gig from ''SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'' is a gleefully [[OmnicidalManiac Omnicidal]] ex-{{Psychopomp}}, responsible for why the game world is set AfterTheEnd, who spends the game [[DemonicPossession possessing your character]]. Because Gig has little direct control over your actions, he spends most of the game insulting, tricking and annoying the rest of the party and everyone else you interact with, snarking at your character's motivations and personal history, and repeatedly trying to tempt you to do evil and accept more of his power so he can gain more control of your body. The main character is forced to go along with his because a) he/she can't get rid of Gig as their souls are fused together, and b) Gig is the only being in the world powerful enough to defeat the World Eaters, and letting him possess you grants you access to some of his powers.
* Riki from ''{{Bangai-O}}'' seems to qualify, to an extent. While he has the noble goal of using the titular mech to defeat the Cosmo Gang, he doesn't hesitate to blast anyone that stands in his way ([[IneffectualSympatheticVillain no matter how sympathetic they are]]).
* Sergeant Viktor Reznov in the Russian/Soviet campaign of ''CallOfDuty: World at War'' seems to enjoy killing Germans a little too much. He even twice encouraged the PlayerCharacter to kill helpless German soldiers (first was when they surrendered, second was when they lay dying).
* Princess Sapphire from ''{{Disgaea 3}}'' is one part this and one part {{Cloudcuckoolander}}. She's liable to flip out and kill anything she perceives as a 'threat', only to come to her senses the next moment and apologize profusely to the very dead and broken body of her would-be opponent. Her solution to practically ever problem the party comes across [[MurderIsTheBestSolution is one form or another of 'murder']], including the suggestion to [[CharacterDevelopment 'open Mao's heart']]... With a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]]. Unlike most examples she usually *means* well, though. For a certain definition of 'well'.
* The SaintsRow protagonist is somewhat a bit heroic (but still on the looser side of sanity) in the first, considerably even more insane in the sequel, and gets a healthy boost in both categories in the third entry of the series. Pretty much anyone who's in the Saints also counts.
* Though most GTA protagonists fit the bill for this, Luis Lopez of ''GrandTheftAutoIV'' openly admits to being this. The only people he shows any attachment to are his mother, who he doesn't even particularly like while she frequently shows contempt towards him; his friends, with whom he has probably the healthiest relationship; and his benefactor Tony, who is a father figure to him, but who also uses Luis specifically because the only qualms he has about doing anything are purely practical ones. When asked by Brucie about him having a softer side, Luis replies with a flat "Not really, I like killing people for money."
* Travis Touchdown of the NoMoreHeroes series, at least in the first game. CharacterDevelopment in the sequel makes him much less of one.
* {{Bayonetta}} is a witch with dark powers who, despite being [[DarkIsNotEvil good]], is casually sadistic to the angels that she kills and she apparently [[LovesTheSoundOfScreaming loves the sound of them screaming]].
* The AngryBirds are positively loving of their eggs, make peace with their enemies at Christmas and...well, [[{{Pun}} fly]] into a RoaringRampageOfRevenge should anything threaten them.
* The entire team of ''TeamFortress2'' are a bunch of LaughablyEvil loonies with loads of ComedicSociopathy and AmusingInjuries thrown into the mix.
* FearEffect. Hana, Glas, and Deke are very much in this category. Rain doesn't seem to qualify as one.
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[[folder:Web Comics]]
* Belkar Bitterleaf from ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'' pictured above, is a hot-headed, impulsive, and homicidal ChaoticEvil halfling ranger/barbarian, and fits this trope in spite of being somewhat a [[ButtMonkey wacky hijinks victim]].
* Richard from ''{{Looking for Group}}'' is an undead warlock spellcaster of immense power who likes to slaughter innocent peasants and [[EatsBabies "eat babies"]] as well as having {{Cloudcuckoolander}} tendencies. His catchphrase is a variation on a line spoken in this comic: "You all saw it! That orphanage attacked me!" with the burning building in the background. He is (as mentioned before) undead, meaning he can take normally fatal injuries (such as being impaled through the stomach or getting an axe in the forehead) and joke about it, and is capable of destroying pretty much anything with his ice and fire spells (at the cost of needing to rest after exerting himself). His "partner" is the somewhat naive elf Cale'Anon Vatay, who wishes to be good and noble even though present-time elves are feared as brutal and callous after having wiped out the last remaining nation of their noble kindred in the past. Richard's excuse for traveling with the other characters is that he simply "likes killing things" and gets bored easily. Richard treats Cale like an amusing pet, but he "respects his [Cale's] willingness to kill" whenever Cale is confronted with obvious Bad Guys.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcbazH6aE2g&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Elfgcomic%2Ecom%2Fvideo%2FfcbazH6aE2g&feature=player_embedded This]] really says all there is to say about Richard.
** It's been said that if they changed LFG's title to "Richard Fucks Shit Up," and was all about Richard and his nonsense, readership would double. I'd still read it.
** Hell, I'd start buying merchandise.
** It may explain both Richard's callousness and his popularity that of the group, he seems to be the only one who knows he's playing a game... and anyone who's ever played a video game knows that no sympathy needs to be wasted on [=NPCs=], and the only thing to do is to [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential amuse yourself with them]].
*** YMMV on that, since some people may [[VideoGameCaringPotential feel sympathy]] for [=NPCs=] and act as either they or their character would in the situation.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcbazH6aE2g Hell, they even made him a musical. And even though this troper HATES musical as much as a thing that he hates a lot, he found this amazing!]]
* Bun-bun, the lop-eared switch-blade-wielding rabbit of ''SluggyFreelance''. His plans usually fall through, often due to Kiki's screwups, but he almost never suffers any consequences... usually because no-one's brave enough to try punishing him.
** He does still kill a lot of people, even innocent people, especially in the early years. Though it's debatable that [[AcceptableTargets telemarketers]] are "innocent".
* ''WalkyVerse'' Abductee Mike Warner, who especially enjoys Halloween: in different years, he's tried to sacrifice Joyce's dog in a Black Mass, dressed up as Saddam Hussein (and putting a fake beard on the same dog he tried kill, calling him 'Osama bin Doggie'), dressed again as the recently deceased head of the GovernmentConspiracy they worked for, and given out candy with razor blades in it. And that's what he does for fun; he's even worse the rest of the year. He crosses the line so many times that it has become blurred beyond all recognition.
* Fuzzy from ''{{Sam and Fuzzy}}''. A borderline heroic sociopath who lapses between true sociopathy and TheImp depending on the seriousness of the story arc (the less important the strip is, the more he gets away with).
** Recently it's come to light that Fuzzy merely took someone's advice about acting in a certain way. Couple this with his apparent [[spoiler: amnesia]] and there's no telling what behaviors of his are genuine, and what aren't, as even Sam himself has noted.
* In the CiemWebcomicSeries, Dolly Malestrom was all set to become one of these. The Earwig helmet brought out her more sociopathic tendencies, allowing her to [[{{Flanderization}} go from]] just {{Badass}} in general to flat-out AxCrazy.
* The title character of ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''. At their worst several other members of Tagon's Toughs would qualify as well, but Schlock is responsible for the lion's share.
** Schlock has been known to refer to his "random act of violence fix for the day".
** And then there's [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20070629.html Lieutenant Piebald]], for whom sociopathy would be the least of his conditions.
-->'''Ennesby:''' Thurl's really fleshed out the company. He had to turn away a few crazies, though.
-->'''Tagon:''' Violent sociopaths?
-->'''Ennesby:''' No, those are all getting signed right up.
-->'''Tagon:''' Good man, Thurl.
* ''GirlGenius''':
** Bangladesh Dupree. Although technically more of a PsychoForHire because she works for the antagonist Baron Wulfenbach, Dupree crosses the line over into this trope: The extremely over-the-top acts she inflicts upon the remaining cast with a cheer on her face while cracking jokes about it are played as much for laughs as for horror, and Wulfenbach is both a viewpoint character and an AntiVillain (and one may wonder how she plans to kill someone [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070718 with a block of cheese]]...).
** An even clearer example is Castle Heterodyne, a sadistic and sentient building loyal to the Heterodyne family. It gleefully inflicts gruesome acts of violence at anyone nearby at Agatha's command... And occasionally after interpreting an otherwise innocent comment from Agatha as a command... Or simply because Agatha isn't around to tell it not to. Because it thinks it's ''fun''.
*** ''GirlGenius'': even the buildings can be psychopaths.
** Then there are the Jaegers. Their loyalty to House Heterodyne comes first, and (for most of them) their loyalty to the baron comes second, but their third biggest motivation is sheer bloodlust. They are self-proclaimed "killing machines" who regard the evil Heterodynes as "the fun ones". They always charge into battle with great enthusiasm and laugh at the grisly deaths of their enemies. Nevertheless, so long as Lady Heterodyne is on the side of light, so are they, and most effective at it.
* [[FanNickname Black Hat Guy]] from ''{{xkcd}}''. [[http://xkcd.com/496/ And he's proud of this]].
** And his female rival-turned-girlfriend, who has no nickname. [[http://xkcd.com/481/ Not a typical malware author...]]
* "Red" from ''No Rest for the Wicked''. She carries around an ax, enjoys causing fear in the people around her, smells death, and her cloak is dyed in blood. Her partner is Princess November, a young naive girl who bruises easily. A very mild form, but still qualifies.
* Psycho Mantis from ''{{The Last Days of Foxhound}}'' is very much a HeroicSociopath. The webcomic also gives an excellent insight into the differences between the HeroicSociopath (Mantis) and the MagnificentBastard (Ocelot) - anyone who tangles with the latter on an intellectual level is going ''down'', but it is hard to engage in intellectual battle when your opponent just sets you on fire with his mind instead.
* Most of the characters from ''{{Charby the Vampirate}}'' fit this trope given how little they value human life (though the titular character eventually decides to stop killing people for the sake of his friendship with resident BadassLongcoat demon hunter Vic, the other characters continue to maim, [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Charby_the_Vampirate/4786993/ kill]], [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Charby_the_Vampirate/4787235/ slaughter]] and [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Charby_the_Vampirate/5172207/ eat]] whomever the want, whenever they feel like it).
* Mal of ''HeadTrip''. Her antics include: arson, assault with a deadly weapon, breaking and entering, holding Fox executives at knife point until they agree to give JossWhedon full artistic control over all future projects, abducting and threatening with torture a writer for lost, giving Jack Thompson a KarmicDeath and murdering ''SailorMoon''. She is likely not joking when she says that Ebert of Ebert and Roper has a restraining order on her. She even has her own demon assigned on a permanent basis to follow her around holding a handbasket.
* [[http://thecobradays.net/view.php?date=2006-01-18 The Fear]], [[http://thecobradays.net/view.php?date=2006-02-08 The Pain]], and [[http://thecobradays.net/view.php?date=2006-02-20 The Fury]] from ''TheCobraDays''. When they're not fighting agents of the Axis powers, they spend a lot of their time violently bickering with each other or picking on [[TheWoobie The Sorrow.]]
* Rocky from ''LackadaisyCats'', while being a fairly well-meaning guy overall, has very little grasp of what's socially acceptable and scares most "normal" cats he talks to. When carrying out rumrunning duties, he is completely unaverse to revenge and forcibly putting other "establishments" out of business... and he does. Oh, and he's a pyromaniac. Yet, his childlike enthusiasm, general clumsiness and ineptitude, and lyrical ability make him pretty endearing to the reader.
** Calvin (a.k.a. "Freckle") is probably a HeroicSociopath in training. A quiet, shy fella, he undergoes a complete and psychotic personality change any time he gets his paws on a gun. The end result can involve a lot of bodies (and horror on his part, once he comes back to himself). The story as it stands seems to suggest that he will put this particular "talent" to use, and then his "training" will probably be complete as far as this trope goes.
* Drew from ''{{MacHall}}'', a foul-mouthed, utterly cynical Comp Sci major who [[http://www.machall.com/view.php?date=2002-07-19 loves tormenting freshmen]] and is grandmaster of humorous DisproportionateRetribution. [[http://machall.com/view.php?date=2001-11-29 Like so]].
* The light warriors from ''EightBitTheater''. Black Mage in particular exemplifies the archetype, in spite of being the comic's major ChewToy on top of it.
** As Fighter himself once [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/05/10/episode-551-so-close-and-yet-so-far/ said]]...
--->'''Fighter:''' Oh, we usually murder our way to the top and claim victory whilst astride a pile of mangled bodies.\\
'''Garland:''' I see...\\
'''Fighter:''' But we're heroes so it's okay when '''''we''''' do that.
* Aram from ''MenInHats'', the prototype of Black Hat Guy.
* Kenta Daisuke of ''NoNeedForBushido'' ''does'' ultimately have a motive (guess [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge what it is]]), but it hardly covers all of his gleeful, wanton violence. He leaps at the chance to fight, loves nothing more than to slaughter countless enemies with a grin on his blood-spattered face, obtains all his money by mugging passers-by, and feels no regret whatsoever for harming others. Nor does he seem to understand that his casual violence makes others regard him as somewhat...disagreeable.
--> '''Ken:''' ''[[http://noneedforbushido.com/2007/comic/304/ (punches Fumio)]]'' THAT'S FER SAYIN' I WASN'T AGREEABLE!
* ''{{Chicanery}}'' has Ness, Pokey, Jeff and Mr. Saturn from ''{{Earthbound}}''. The gang have saved the world on more than one occasion - but are just as likely to steal, cheat and murder indiscriminately to get what they want.
* Skoll of ''CryHavoc'' qualifies. She is a good guy... but only because the people she mutilates and kills are slightly worse, or at least less skilled, than her.
* Ethan from ''[[CtrlAltDel Ctrl+ Alt+ Del]]'' who consistently has absent-minded daydreams about strange ways to kill or injure his co-worker Rob, a counter-strike playing idiot, and sometimes enacts these daydreams...he also daydreams about killing or injuring customers of the video game store he works at.
* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' has [[spoiler: [[ItsAllAboutMe the robot Edge]]]], who helps [[BigBadassWolf Florence]] [[LawfulGood Ambr]][[ScienceHero ose]] to prevent a [[ApocalypseHow genocide]] on [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously Human Robots]]...[[spoiler:so '''''HE''''' doesn't get [[FateWorseThanDeath lobotomised]]]].
* Doctor Hubris from [[http://www.theappleofdiscord.com The Apple of Discord]] (and later [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Apple_Valley Apple Valley]]) is usually responsible for whatever horrible things are going on in the comic, including [[spoiler:inventing the technology that created Gayzilla]] and creating a highly contagious form of "robot cancer". It's been implied several times that he hired Doyle just to kill him, and that the superheroes of Apple Valley classify him as a supervillain. It's even been implied that [[spoiler:he is the one who actually broke the barrier separating reality, not Arthur]] which has been more-or-less confirmed by WordOfGod.
* In ''ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'', Finland. Drunken, mute, ax-wielding, sniggers-at-your-misfortune Finland. Only Sister Sweden gets the better of him for long.
* In {{Noblesse}} we have [[spoiler:Franken]], who sounds like a mostly NiceGuy (albeit with [[NeatFreak a little obssession with cleanness]]) but he's actually THE BIGGEST MadScientist in the series who can pull out very scary SlasherSmile and impale people with brutal ease and the worst of all, ''enjoys'' it.
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* Simon, the ''{{Bastard Operator from Hell}}'', whose sole purpose is to act out all the malevolent revenge fantasies of the readership.
* Many LetsPlay sessions wind up turning video game protagonists into these, partly to keep it more as an OC. For instance, take Misty of ''[[http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Pokemon%20Emerald/ Pokémon Emerald]]''. In her spare time, she apparently enjoys beating things and watching her Pokémon eat smaller ones, and has killed (and eaten) several of her ''own'' Pokémon simply because they annoyed her.
** Also, in the ''Pokémon Crystal'' Let's Play by the same person, it is hinted that she killed Red.
* ''PurePwnage'''s FPS_Doug gives off this vibe sometimes, particularly in the [[BoomHeadshot "BOOM HEADSHOT!"]] segment from episode 5.
* [[CoxAndCombesWashington George Washington]], albeit heavy on the sociopath and light on the heroic part.
** Well, he did save the children... [[AcceptableNationalityTargets but not the British children]]. In fact, at one point he goes to save the children from a burning school before he realises it's a ''British'' school and proceeds to push the building off a cliff.
* A common attribute of ''{{Protectors of the Plot Continuum}}'', especially those in the Department of Floaters, the Department of {{Mary Sue}}s, and the Department of Geological Aberrations. Given that the last two are [[MurderIsTheBestSolution Assassins]] and [[DestructiveSaviour Pyros]], and they are all volunteers, this should not be particularly surprising.
* Mr. Popo from ''DragonballAbridged''. He is able to control an ancient Namekian starship just by saying his name to it -- not because of any programming, but because ''it knows better''.
* Near the end of V3 of ''SurvivalOfTheFittest'', Dominica Shapiro [[HeelRealization realizes that she has become this]] [[spoiler: just before she throws herself at the terrorists guns a-blazing in a bid to keep the escaping students safe, and to have some fun in the meanwhile.]]
* The "anti-walkthroughs" featured on [[{{IT-HE Software}} it-he.org]] make the protagonists of the ''{{Ultima}}'' series, ''{{Thief}}'', ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' and ''ElderScrolls'' into these, partially for sake of SequenceBreaking and partially for the pure fun of VideogameCrueltyPotential.
* Glorion from JourneyQuest. Just imagine the page image with Belkar replaced by a [[GlorySeeker glory seeking]] knight. "You killed every single orc to cross our path, and some that were nowhere near our path".
* [[HalfLife Gordon Freeman]], once you [[FreemansMind listen to his thoughts]] during the whole Black Mesa Incident.
* ChristianBrutalSniper
* ShinyObjectsVideos: It's kind of hard to determine if it's this or flat-out VillainProtagonist, but the protagonists are pretty unfazed by the suffering of others. Particularly of [[TheWoobie Guido]].
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* Eric Cartman from ''SouthPark'' tends to flip-flop back and forth between this and VillainProtagonist, depending upon the demands of a particular episode. Yes, he is a smarmy, self-serving, ''thoroughly'' sociopathic bully who has no qualms about doing literally whatever he wants, damn the consequences. But one side effect is that he's so completely fucked up that he can occasionally be called upon to get everyone else out of catastrophic situations when all else seems lost - and he does so in ways so ruthlessly efficient and imaginative, only ''he'' could have ever come up with them. In TheMovie, for starters, he [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome saves the entire world from being swallowed by the legions of Hell by electrocuting an undead Saddam Hussein]].
* Stewie from ''{{Family Guy}}'' is perhaps the most classic example of the heroic sociopath as he is a fan favorite whose antics are over the top mostly for comedic effect and he has little intent to kill or harm his family save for Lois. Yet it is made clear at varying times he does not always think much of Peter, Chris, or Meg either.
* Gaz from ''InvaderZim''.
* Mandy and Grim, ''{{The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy}}''. The show sometimes subverted it by having Mandy do everything right, but fail because of [[SurroundedByIdiots the idiots around her]], or bad luck. For a little girl, though, her achievements are quite impressive.
** She did once erase every living thing from existence except herself but, probably because the CrapsackWorld the show is set in is so surreal, it didn't last.
* A possible case in the Warden from ''{{Superjail}}''. While dedicated to his job and perfecting the art of incarceration, he is AT LEAST a psychopathic sadist the show isn't afraid to play for laughs. Most of the people he ends up killing - generally indirectly - are dangerous inmates who pose a clear threat to society.
* Brock Samson from ''TheVentureBrothers'' is a scientist's bodyguard whose main priority (at least in the beginning) is to brutally murder his enemies while having sex with as many women as possible. His college football career (and scholarship) ended when he accidentally killed another player, so he joined the army. He wound up as a government agent with his own license to kill, which he's been known to take advantage of if a bartender makes fun of his mullet.
** Also Rusty, from the same show. While not as bloodthirsty as Brock, he isn't above screwing over friends, family, or innocent bystanders just to gain the most minor of conveniences. Not to mention his Joy Can, a virtual reality simulator ''[[PoweredByAForsakenChild powered by an orphan's heart]]''!
* Captain Hero from ''DrawnTogether'' is ostensibly a superhero, but has almost no regard for human life whatsoever (although he may simply be too stupid to know what he's doing). An example of his sociopathy is throwing an entire planet (which happens to be his ''home planet'') and everything living on it into a star to prove he's "heroic".
** Don't forget his clever use of human shields.
*** Captain Hero One! Billions of Innocent Zeblonians... um... dead. Oh. I uh... (Slinks away)
** Ling Ling, the [[{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]] spoof from the same show is initially portrayed as this as well; a murderous sociopath who wants to kill and destroy everyone he encounters in hilariously brutal manners, but later becomes a frequent ChewToy[=/=]ButtMonkey (given [[SadistShow the nature of the show]], this could apply to anybody, though).
*** It takes on a whole new dimension when one episode reveals that among his people, battles to the death are an allegory for sex, complete with one-night stands and unsatisfied opponents faking it.
* In ''TheBoondocks'', Ed Wuncler III and Gin Rummy are two sociopathic veteran soldiers who constantly drink, curse, and rob stores yet get away with their idiotic plans due to Wuncler's extremely rich father having the police on his payroll.
** Riley is a sociopath-in-training. Naturally he gets away with anything his gurus do, but he could incite a riot and get a mere slap across the crown for cursing too much.
* Korgoth from ''{{Korgoth of Barbaria}}'' is basically a combination of ConanTheBarbarian and [[TheVentureBrothers Brock Samson]]. He is an apathetic and anti-social {{badass}} with an insatiable appetite for sex and violence in the most graphic degree. In just the first fight of the pilot episode, he tears off a man's arm and beats him to death with it, chops a man in half down the middle with an axe, and tears off another man's skin, douses him with alcohol, and lights him on fire. ''For laughs''.
* Each member of Dethklok in ''{{Metalocalypse}}'' is a HeroicSociopath, brutally killing and maiming people ''even live on stage'' with no consequences whatsoever. In fact, it seems that because of this nature they are ridiculously powerful and wealthy; ranking as the 12th most powerful nation in the world, despite only being a band.
** It should be noted that very rarely is Dethklok the ''direct'' cause of the violence around them, and even when they are, it's not always intentional. Not that they necessarily care about a few thousand casualties, of course. Until it starts to affect their record sales.
*** And then there's their manager...
* Flippy from ''HappyTreeFriends'', the cuddly teddy bear [[ShellShockedSenior Vietnam war veteran]] who is capable of going on atrocious (not to mention [[CrossesTheLineTwice hilariously]] [[BloodyHilarious violent]]) rampages on the drop of a hat due to flashbacks.
* In ''{{Futurama}}'', Bender is a megalomaniacal robot who is only after his personal stimulation. He is frequently shown stealing just about anything he can get his claws on, as well as indulging in all manner of other crimes and immoral behavior. A recurring joke is his apparent desire to "kill all humans." DependingOnTheWriter, however, he can also be a LoveableRogue and/or a ManipulativeBastard.
-->"I came here with a simple dream... a dream of killing all humans. And this is how it must end? Who's the real 7 billion ton robot monster here? Not I... Not I..."
* Killface (real name Evelyn) from ''FriskyDingo''. His goal for much of the series is to use his [[WeaponOfMassDestruction Annihilatrix]] to propel Earth into the sun for no apparent reason, and he kills and mains people at the drop of the hat. In the pilot episode he kills a man and uses the corpse to stage an impromptu ventriloquist act (oblivious to how appallingly lame his jokes are). [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr7n6tQhB-w Watch some choice moments.]]
*** And yet he's still more sympathetic than Xander Crews. Proving, forever, that it's better to be a sociopath than a douchebag.
* The title character in ''{{Assy McGee}}'' may very well qualify, being a ultra-violent and remorseless parody of 70's/80's cops (though, he is clinically depressed) that makes [[TwentyFour Jack Bauer]] look tame by comparison.
* Izzy of ''TotalDramaIsland'', who not only looks back at the time she BLEW UP A MOUNTIES' CAMP with cheer, but enjoys being hunted down by them!
--->'''Izzy:''' You'll never get me alive! AHAHAHAHAHA!!
* ''TheBrakShow'' features Zorak Jones, an [[LeaveItToBeaver Eddie Haskell-esque]] character who is also a sadistic, sociopathic, morally bankrupt misanthrope. He is basically what you get when you mix [[AquaTeenHungerForce Master Shake]] and [[SouthPark Cartman]]. Luckily though, [[TheChewToy he often gets killed horrifically]] during each episode, which might make him somewhat of a subversion.
* Heloise from ''{{Jimmy Two-Shoes}}'' is this. She works for Misery Inc. as [[MadScientist top inventor]] to make hazardous products and she also like to [[EnfanteTerrible destroy things for fun]]. However, she likes to hangs out with [[MoralityPet Jimmy due to her crush on him]].
* Possibly Rico from ''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar.'' He's described at least once in universe as a "world-class psychopath," and he especially likes blowing stuff up and causing other characters bodily harm. That said, is there anybody out there who doesn't absolutely love Rico? I doubt it.
** Skipper too. In less then five minutes he's admitted his dream future involves a post apocalyptic scenario with roving bands of irradiated mutants and then proceeds to help stop a time paradox from erasing existence.
* [[{{Gorillaz}} Murdoc Niccals]], big time. His rap sheet includes fraud, kidnapping, extortion, OrganTheft, tons and tons of assault and possibly homicide. Despite this, he's still technically a protagonist, and maintains a [[KavorkaMan sizable fanbase]] as such.
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* [[MoeAnthropomorphism Prussia]] from ''AxisPowersHetalia'' is a TedBaxter character who's all too happy to fight -- but, being Hetalia, no-one's evil, so he's a... hero. And a sociopath. Hence, a heroic sociopath.
* ''{{Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan}}'' has the main character Dokuro-chan being an adorable angel with the power of resurrection, whose intent is to protect the male protagonist Sakura...[[GrotesqueCute when she's not manipulating, torturing, or killing him]] in a [[RefugeInAudacity hilariously over the top]] manner.
* Kogarashi from ''KamenNoMaidGuy'' is a seven-foot musclebound monster of a ''[[{{meido}} maid]]'' (and a male one, at that) with a permanent SlasherSmile, more wacky superpowers than you can shake a stick at (including 37 senses), an extremely perverted and sadistic streak and with absolutely no respect whatsoever for his erstwhile 'master' -- the only way his master keeps him under control is by frequent beatings in the skull with a nail bat, which is only effective for a few minutes at a time.
* Barry the Chopper from the ''FullmetalAlchemist'' manga. Not so much in the anime, where's just a ButtMonkey and a PsychoForHire.
** ESPECIALLY in the second anime, where (like in the manga) he's treated as [[ComedicSociopathy sociopathic comic]] relief after his HeelFaceTurn.
* ''{{Bleach}}'' has Mayuri Kurotsuchi, a psychotic mad scientist, and Kenpachi Zaraki, an equally psychotic BloodKnight.
** The 11 division in which Kenpachi is charge of is full of them.
* Main Character Jokyuu of ''{{Aiki}}'' counts as one of these as well, being a violent, womanizing, alienating son of a shepherd, yet he's such a Badass that he indeed sets the comic tone for the series.
-->'''Jokyuu:''' Friends is what you call someone who likes to be someone else's minion isn't it? I don't need such things as friends! I mean, I don't have any friends to begin with.
** All in the presence of the rest of the cast, all female, who proceed to get freaking pissed, but everybody's crazy in this manga.
* In ''FullMetalPanic'', Sagara Sousuke is a heroic commando soldier with NoSocialSkills due to his military upbringing. The anime's second season, ''Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu'', is a full-fledged high school romantic comedy rather than an action series, and Sousuke's behavior is accordingly escalated into a case of full-blown ComedicSociopathy that brings him under the auspices of this trope by doing things like ''completely [[BreakTheCutie breaking]]'' his school's NiceGuy rugby team with TheSpartanWay (while still never managing to learn anything about how rugby is actually played).
* ... It seems everyone has forgotten [[{{Gundam 00}} Hallelujah]]~!!
--> '''Hallelujah Haptism''': [[EvilLaugh HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!]]
* Oga Tatsumi, the protagonist of ''{{Beelzebub}}''. He gleefully pounces onto any chance to inflict AmusingInjuries onto anyone in his way (well, anyone male anyway: Not that he WouldntHitAGirl but it's mostly men that pick fights with him) and is so nasty that the son of the devil, Baby Be'el, attached itself to him because he thought he was a demon. The first episode of the anime has him narrating a flashback of how he came across Baby Be'el [[UnreliableVoiceover in an over-the-top sugary manner praising his own kindheartedness and virtue]] while the images on-screen shows him happily beating up punks and dipping {{yakuza}} in the local river head-first just because he can.
* Adam Blade in ''{{NEEDLESS}}''; a foul-mouthed, perverted, borderline pedophile and extremely arrogant {{Cloudcuckoolander}} priest with an extremely rare and overpowered fragment. Adam could probably unite the Black Spot under his rule if he had chosen to, but considers it too much work. Just about all of the carnage he inflicts, both on his enemies and his erstwhile 'allies', is treated as light comedy unless he's fighting a particularly monstrous opponent.
** To a lesser degree, Eve also counts for this trope, but she seems more scatter-brained and oblivious and not to mention gets beaten a lot more than Adam does.
* The titular character of ''KarakuridoujiUltimo'': Very [[CuteMachines cute]], [[FriendToAllChildren good with kids]], and created to be the literal embodiment of good. But provoke him in any way? [[GoodIsNotNice Get ready]] [[AxCrazy for a world of pain]].
* The eponymous {{Gokudo}}: Swordsman Extraordinaire.
* Kitsu Chiri from ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' eventually got the role of HeroicSociopath due to CharacterizationMarchesOn, and frequently snaps and murders (or is implied to murder) the extremely [[SnapBack non-killable cast]] or attempts crazy stunts like splitting the Earth in half, taking over Sengoku-era Japan by killing everyone, or playing '[[YouDoNOTWantToKnow meat doll]]'. It gets so bad that when Chiri's attempt at 'surprising' the teacher ends up demolishing a wall and flattening all the desks in the classroom ([[AndZoidberg and Ushio]]), everyone points out that this kind of behaviour is not very 'surprising' coming from her.
** Another example is (possibly) Kafuka, whose role as living in-universe NightmareFuelUnleaded is mostly PlayedForLaughs.
* Thorkell The Tall from ''VinlandSaga''. Imagine a good-natured and enthusiastic AdultChild who literally bubbles with ''joie de vivre'' and throws himself into life with single-minded glee and delight. Good. Now, imagine him as [[BoisterousBruiser an eight foot tall viking]], DualWielding [[AnAxeToGrind axes]], who [[BloodKnight lives for fighting people]] and ''really'' isn't particular about who he picks a fight with as long as they've got the promise of a good fight in them. You have Thorkell. Other people in the series comments on how easily likeable he is for a man prone to ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, pillaging, scaring the water out of people merely by getting psyched, and who casually smashes the skull of one of his own subordinates for mocking a WorthyOpponent of his. It should be noted he started out as a PsychoForHire, only to join the main characters when he realized the BigBad would be funnier to fight.
* Okita Sougo from {{Gintama}}. He's a sadist and is proud to be one. Yet, he is one of the good guys and indulges in PetTheDog occasionally. [[GenreSavvy Lampshaded by the man himself]] that the benefit of being a heroic sociopath is that he can avoid HeelFaceDoorSlam when he feels like being nice.
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* Many of the members of the SquadronSupreme in SupremePower, though mostly Zarda. She kills with particular glee, and has secret desires for global domination.
* Dogbert, ''{{Dilbert}}''. A great deal of what Scott Adams wishes he could say or do ends up in Dogbert's actions.
** Specifically, the part he can't say "[[WordOfGod for fear of retribution]]".
* The title character of JhonenVasquez's ''JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac''; at least when he's not being full of {{wangst}}.
-->'''Johnny:''' On a crowded street, I could drain a flower vendor of all his blood, and not get caught! People would scream and vomit, and yet, somehow, I would walk away unscathed. I could do that!... Oh, wait... I ''did'' do that!
** ...''[[CompletelyMissingThePoint Heroic?]]''
* The slightly cracked, catchphrase spouting, ever-shameless {{Deadpool}}, who [[strike: practically]] ''completely'' defines this trope! He's also AxeCrazy, loves to make people go WhatTheHellHero, is DangerouslyGenreSavvy, and is the TropeCodifier of a few other tropes.
** Note, however, that it seems to [[DependingOnTheWriter depend on the writer]]. Sometimes he's this with a very large helping of CrazyAwesome, while at other times (particularly in the newer issues) he becomes a NobleDemon who would NeverHurtAnInnocent(see the page quote!). As noble as someone who is insane can be anyway.
*** Considering that he's an absolute fruitcake, there is absolutely nothing preventing both those interpretations from being true, depending not so much upon the writer as on the state of Deadpool's brain-pan.
* Also DependingOnTheWriter is DC's {{Lobo}}, who can be anything from this trope to outright VillainProtagonist depending on how seriously he's being played in that particular issue.
* ''{{Sam and Max}}: Freelance Police'', in most of their media appearances, are a Heroic Sociopath duo. The dynamic being that Max is ''much'' more sociopathic than Sam, who is mostly of the "apathetic towards anyone I don't personally know" variety. Sam basically keeps Max from blowing up the world by being several times larger than him. Also, did we mention that Max is the [[PresidentEvil President of the United States]], following the decapitation of the robot that the previous president turned out to be?
** In Season Two of the games, it's revealed that they even [[spoiler:have a wing of Hell dedicated to them.]]
*** [[spoiler: Better yet, you don't even have to be a particularly bad person to get sent there when you die; you just have to have been involved in Sam & Max's shenanigans during or near the time it happens]].
** But remember, everything Max does, is just because Sam "Can't think of a reason not to."
** In fact, Sam and Max are such impossible a**holes that they once dreamed that they died and went to Heaven, but got kicked out for being too rowdy. That's right: even ''Jesus'' can't stand Sam and Max!
* [[ComedicSociopath Rasputin]] in the ''CortoMaltese'' series has no qualms killing, and is generally considered as stable as a landmine while [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass far from that dangerous]].
* The Space Marine from the ''Comicbook/{{Doom}} comic''. He may be batshit insane and enjoying his job way too much, but he ''is'' fighting demons from hell and is a human space marine. The intentional PlayedForLaughs aspect is debatable, in that nobody is entirely sure if the comic was [[StealthParody meant to be serious or not]], but he's definitively 'funny' either way.
* The Blazing Skull of the New Invaders used to be a pacifist. He doesn't exactly remember what that means, but anything with the word 'fist' in it can't be all bad.
* [[http://www.redmeat.com/redmeat/meatlocker/milkmandan.html Milkman Dan]] from Max Cannon's ''RedMeat'', author-proclaimed "Booze-fueled paragon of pointless cruelty and wanton sadism". Especially noticeable in his repeated pestering of BrattyHalfPint Karen.
* Sebastion O. from the comics of same name is a complete [[TheDandy dandy]] and more interested in filling the void of a dull life (and getting revenge on the people who put him in Bedlam) than any form of kindness. Also one of his best friends is a pederast.
* Princess Lucinda, of her own comic and the second volume of ''WitchGirlsTales''. Yes, she actually ''is'' being played for laughs, despite what some might tell you -- the ''Witch Girls'' franchise has tended toward BlackComedy.
* Hit Girl of ''KickAss''.
* Several main characters of ''SinCity'' can come across as this, especially Marv: A lot of the quite horrible things he performs with his usual boyish enthusiasm seems to be played for (somewhat reluctant) laughs.
* As a [[BountyHunter Freelance Peackeeping Agent]], DeathsHead often falls into this role. He doesn't really care who his targets are as long as he gets paid, yet by various coincidences only the truly deserving end up dead.
* The scarab from ''BlueBeetle'' is quick to [[MurderIsTheBestSolution propose the murder]] of whatever obstacle Jaime has to deal with. [[spoiler:Jaime eventually influences it enough to give it a full HeelFaceTurn, but that doesn't stop it from occasionally proposing solutions so overkill that they have "theological implications."]]
* TheCreeper is basically a heroic version of TheJoker. There have even been instances where the latter found him too unstable.
* While the Red Lanterns of ''GreenLantern'' are typically HeWhoFightsMonsters, they occasionally veer into this trope when they and the heroes are targeting the same being, or if they're in a reasonable mood that day.
* ThePunisher is often, DependingOnTheWriter, so completely batshit insane that the only thing that keeps him from being a VillainProtagonist is the nature of the bad guys he guns down.
* While TheAuthority are often willing to go to extreme lengths to accomplish their goals, a special mention must be made for The Midnighter. At one point when another team member was annoying him, he thought to himself about how many different ways he could kill said team member.
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* In ''[[Fanfic/BeckaRangersNemoThunder Becka Rangers: Nemo Thunder]]'', Kyle's Jellyfish Ranger suit tends to [[ClothesMakeTheManiac turn him into one]].
-->"[[PreMortemOneLiner Tell the coroner I said hi]]!"
* The Hunter in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached''. Though he considers himself “good,” he constantly brags to the four about all the people he's killed and the destruction he's wrought. They, of course, find him completely repellent. Until [[spoiler: ThePowerOfFriendship (not of them to him but amongst themselves) causes him to reexamine his life and ultimately have a HeelFaceTurn]].
** They're actually quite surprised to hear that he doesn't consider himself or his {{BFS}} evil.
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[[folder:Films -- Live Action]]
* A good portion of protagonists from QuentinTarantino films, such as The Bride from ''KillBill Vol. 1/2'' could qualify as this trope. And then there's ''InglouriousBasterds'', which is ''based'' around the trope.
* Chev Chelios from the ''Film/{{Crank}}'' films, who may indeed suffer some hijinks but causes the majority of them -- among other things, he [[spoiler:steals a motorcycle from a cop then taunts him by doing donuts in the middle of an intersection, while wearing nothing but a hospital gown and his socks and shoes, after injecting himself with five times the recommended dose of Epinephrine (adrenaline).]]
* ''Film/TheMask'' in his film and cartoon incarnations is an id-dominated maniac who is liable to act on everything that Stanley Ipkiss represses and it's all PlayedForLaughs. He also isn't actually that villainous when compared to the actual villains of said film and cartoon. His [[ComicBook/TheMask comics incarnation]], meanwhile, is a pure-up VillainProtagonist.
** It also helps that so many of the characters who get picked on by The Mask are [[AssholeVictim Asshole Victims]]. In fact, in the movie it often seems as if Edge City is ''swarming'' with all kinds of pests, weirdos, bullies, and all-around [[JerkAss Jerk Asses]] whose only purpose in life is to drive Stanley to impossible levels of madness and inspire him to wreak creatively ghoulish destruction as The Mask. Fittingly enough, it is eventually revealed that the titular mask is an Old Norse archaeological find in which is trapped the spirit of the mischievous demon Loki.
** Among Stanley's most outrageous actions as The Mask:
*** Firing at some (unarmed) muggers with a tommy gun
*** [[AssShove Shoving car parts up the anuses of two auto mechanics who tried to cheat him]]
*** Seducing the police lieutenant's wife (though only implied)
*** Attempting to ''rape'' the girl he yearns for (who, remarkably, [[EasilyForgiven doesn't seem to hold it against Stanley]] and even winds up with him at the end!)
* Lancelot from ''MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''. When he receives a note via arrow that someone is being forced to marry against their will, he rushes to the poor (presumed) princess' aid... and slaughters not only every unresisting guard in his way, but about half of the party guests as well, including brides' maids and elderly folks.
** Afterwards, he sincerely apologizes for the misunderstanding.
* Frank D'Arbo, the protagonist of {{Super}}, has a case of hyper-morality after being told by {{God}} himself to bring justice to the streets of his neighborhood. Inspired by comics, he assumes the superhero alter ego Crimson Bolt and [[WellIntentionedExtremist uses a wrench]] to smash the faces of not only criminals, but ''people who push in queues'', all ForGreatJustice. His sidekick, the self-named [[PsychoSupporter Boltie]], is another, even more extreme version of this.
* Although the description of the trope refers to wicked characters, Tom Cruise's protagonist Roy Milner in ''KnightAndDay'' still comes across this way despite having elements of TheCape. He racks up a massive amount of property damage over the course of the film and a body count to match while maintaining a totally nonchalant attitude as a humorous contract. At one point, the villains try to persuade the heroine that Roy is actually a psychopathic pathological liar, and that is a surprisingly believable explanation. The effect is helped by MetaCasting / RealitySubtext which thinks of Cruise as mentally unstable. For a representative exchange:
-->'''June''': The pilots are dead?
-->'''Miller''': Shot.
-->'''June''': Shot... By who?
-->'''Miller''': Uh, me. Actually, I shot the first pilot... he shot the second pilot accidentally. It's just... one of those things.
** Later:
-->'''Miller''': I'm going to go talk to the men in the tunnel. {{Beat}}. Actually, I'm just gonna shoot them.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* Yulia Latynina's sci-fi political thriller ''Insider'' gives us Kissur The White Falcon, imperial favourite, former prime minister, supreme tactician and feudal overlord of the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Aloms]]. He is also a reckless madman that spends most of the book either committing or threatening to commit acts of over the top violence. In the first chapter, for instance, he drives around recklessly at night, slams his car into the first other car he finds and mugs the recently arrived protagonist. ''Twice''. Just for fun. He befriends the protagonist out of respect for him actually fighting back on the next day. It gets better and better through the novel. In the words of another character, "If [Kissur] sees a house that is on fire, he'll rush inside to save the baby; if he sees a house that ''isn't'' on fire, he'll set fire to it."
* Viruk from David Gemmell's Echoes of the Great Song. Viruk takes great pleasure from fighting and killing his enemies. He believes that the Source (God) talks to him and orders him to kill people. He is described as being very changeable as a person; he kills an entire convoy of raiders and their caravan drivers and finally decides to let one live. Later on in the book he kills a king and is about to kill the man's bodyguards when he sees some flowers nearby and becomes distracted. Near the end of the book, when all of the remaining Avatars go on a death charge against their enemies, everyone is grim and determined; however, when it switches to Viruk's point of view, it shows that he is in ecstasy and truly enjoying the brutal fighting.
** He later goes down in legend as the god of war and spring/nature.
* [[BeastFable Reynard The Fox]] from the medieval stories is a vicious {{Trickster|Archetype}} that will double-cross anyone, and has been shown to try to attack and kill several other characters without remorse. His list of crimes: tricking his uncle's wife to sleep with him, killed a hare and tricked a drunken ram-priest to claim he did it, sold out his few friends to keep from getting hanged, openly macked the king's wife, feigned being a pilgrim to take money, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking made off with his uncle's cache of fish]]. [[OlderThanTheyThink This makes our dear Fox-friend... well, you know]].
** In fact, Reynard is in the long line of {{Heroic Sociopath}}s in medieval stories. ''The Canterbury Tales'', for example, has one of these in the majority of its tales.
*** [[OlderthanFeudalism Older than that.]] Loki in Norse mythology and Coyote/Trickster in Native American mythology, for two. Coyote racked up many of the same offenses as Reynard and then some.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_and_Moritz Max and Moritz]], the two no-good urchin tricksters in WilhelmBusch's children's novel. They finally [[spoiler:are ground alive into flour and the miller's geese eat them.]]
* Efnisien of the ''{{Mabinogion}}''. Where to begin? When he is mistaken for a servant by the King of Ireland's squire he mutilated said kings horses. When Irish nobles intended to ambush peace talks by hiding in sacks he went to each one and asked the servants (who where in on it) "What is in this sack?" and, when receiving the answer "Flour", he found the head of the hidden noble and crushed it like an egg. He then threw his own young nephew into a fire so that he would die and prevent the peace treaty going through.
** In the version of the tale Branwen I was always told as a child, Efnisien was ''worse'' than that. In the version I was told, he didn't just kill one man by crushing his head like an egg, he killed one hundred of Matholwch's men like this.
* Carnival of the ''DeepgateCodex'' series is about as AxCrazy as AxCrazy gets (and has a HairTriggerTemper), but she's just [[MoeMoe so damn cute]] that her insanity winds up being part of her appeal.
* [[TheActsOfCaine Caine of Garthan Hold]] skirts the line of this. Well, maybe dances on it. Okay, he does a full soft-shoe number up and down with Broadway routines and a full stage orchestra in the background.
* Meursault in ''TheStranger'', if you go for the AlternateCharacterInterpretation.
* John Wayne Cleaver in ''IAmNotASerialKiller'', who is a 15 year old boy who is a sociopath, but has set up internal rules that prevent the monster inside of him from coming out. This changes, of course, when a real serial killer begins terrorizing his small town and he's the only person that can fight back on the killers level.
* One possible interpretation of Sam Vimes in ''{{Discworld}}'' is that he's one of these. He makes frequent references to "the Beast" and an internal darkness, and frequently feels homicidal urges towards truly unrepentant or psychotic criminals. However, unlike most examples on this list, he doesn't channel these urges into heroism but ignores and fights them. [[CombatPragmatist Dirty fighting]] and CowboyCop tendencies aside, he's a genuinely LawfulGood man with a deep respect for life and freedom. [[spoiler:The one time he deliberatly kills a man, he makes a conscious decision to not enjoy or dramatise it in any way.]]
* Loki in {{Daemon}}, while usually not played for laughs, shows a flash of this when he puts a "data curse" on a businessman who cut him--the late-twenties, tattooed, generally unprepossessing specimen who [[OhCrap just happens to have one of the highest Daemon levels in the darknet]]--in line in a coffee shop, then refused to give up the place. The curse messes up the businessman's digital profile at every available level, making sure that his credit rating goes to shit, he can't ever buy anything because his accounts are broken, and he's even tapped to make payments on debts he never incurred. It's completely over-the-top, but still marginally sympathetic due to the businessman's [[AssholeVictim supercilious attitude]]. Of course, it then immediately gets {{Deconstructed}} with a lower-level darknet operative nearby noting that Loki's action will most likely completely ruin the man's life, and {{Lampshading}} its DisproportionateRetribution status.
* TheCulture built a whole [[StateSec agency]] that employs ''millions'' of {{HeroicSociopath}}s: ironically, in a society of pacifist Space Hippies, the ruthless Special Circumstances is "the closest thing to an elite" that they have.
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* Spike from ''{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}'' is this in season 4 and part of season 5.
** Dont forget Anya, a (supposedly) rare example of a female purveyor of this trope.
* ''TheColbertReport'' once did a segment that more or less showed ''a repo man'' as one: he jokes that his job is more or less stealing the cars of people that are in debt, and is pretty damn happy about it.
* Dexter Morgan from ''{{Dexter}}'', a serial killer with a code, and a realistic superhero.
* Jayne Cobb from {{Firefly}} does this a lot, as he manages to knock some decent giggles out of the audience by being an amoral, violent and intimidating bastard.
* Joy Merryweather, who is referenced on the ''{{Drop the Dead Donkey}}'' page.
* ''{{iCarly}}'': Sam, pretty much anytime an incident goes from a regular run of the mill incident to something that threatens Carly.
* [[AlmightyJanitor The Janitor]] from ''{{Scrubs}}'' approaches this on occasion.
* Nathan from ''{{Misfits}}'' certainly borders on this. Other characters do occasionally suggest that he probably has some kind of mental illness (usually when they're trying to explain his bizarre behavior to baffled and offended strangers) but it's still played exclusively for laughs.
* Stuart Jones, one of the two leads in the UK version of ''{{Queer as Folk}}''. He's much more of a bastard than a hero really, but every now and then he does something so outrageous and awesome you can't completely hate him.
* {{Sherlock}} Holmes is more interested in the intellectual challenge that his cases present, and is rather callous where real people are concerned. [[spoiler:At least, [[NotSoStoic he is at first]]. He turns out to be more of a subversion]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Moriarty:''']] If you don't stop prying, I will burn you. I will burn the ''heart'' out of you.
-->'''Sherlock:''' I have been reliably informed that I don't have one.
-->[[spoiler:'''Moriarty:''']] But we both know that's not quite true.
** In the 2009 BBC series Sherlock, Sherlock actually calls himself a sociopath; [[spoiler:the heroic part is somewhat debatable]]
-->'''Anderson:''' We found the case! According to someone, "the murderer has the case". And we found it in the hands of our favorite psychopath!
-->'''Sherlock:''' [with contempt] I'm not a psychopath, Anderson, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research.
* StarTrekVoyager: BradDourif plays Lon Suder, an ensign who murders a coworker, but redeems himself by fighting off a band of space pirates who have taken over the ship.
* Luther: Alice, a dangerous femme fatale [[spoiler: who murdered her own parents]] comes across as this.
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[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* The list goes on and on and on...
** RandyOrton
** StoneColdSteveAustin
** TheUndertaker
** {{Wrestler/Kane}}
** {{Edge}} (during his final face run)
** JohnCena (when he's in a ''really'' bad mood)
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[[folder:Theater]]
* CyranoDeBergerac: Deconstructed by Cyrano: Possessing severe MommyIssues and a [[MartyrdomCulture strange upbringing]], Cyrano's actions are a cry for acceptance from the rest of the world, delivered the only way his broken mind knows how. Cyrano is a rare example that is not a KarmaHoudini. When Cyrano is sad, he bullies annoying people and pick up the occasional SwordFight. When Cyrano is happy, he search for various [[AssholeVictim Asshole Victims]] to kill them, (he kills [[OneManArmy eight thugs paid to ambush one of Cyrano’s friends]]) as he lampshades at Act I Scene VI:
--> '''Le Bret:''' Now you'll be calm, I hope?
--> '''Cyrano''' ''(beside himself for joy):'' Calm? I now calm?
--> I'll be frenetic, frantic,—raving mad!
--> Oh, for an army to attack!—a host!
--> I've ten hearts in my breast; a score of arms;
--> No dwarfs to cleave in twain!. . .
--> ''(Wildly):'' [[ThisIsSparta No! Giants now!]]
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* From Bioware: ''BaldursGate'' has Xzar, the sequel has Korgan Bloodaxe, ''{{Knights of the Old Republic}}'' has HK-47, ''JadeEmpire'' The Black Whirlwind, and The Toad Demon, ''MassEffect'' has Wrex (although he's a mild example since his comedy is mostly from snarking) while ''DragonAge'' has Shale.
** MassEffect2 actually has a {{Justified}} example in the BountyHunter and PunchClockHero: Zaeed. He got shot in the head, loosing the part of his brain responsible for empathy.
** Also the very cheerful [[BloodKnight Grunt]], and the slightly unstable [[DarkActionGirl Jack]]. Both have very funny random lines. The high concentration of [[HeroicSociopath heroic sociopathy]] in Shepard's team is [[JustifiedTrope justified]], considering the low survival odds of the mission.
* Thanks to the KarmaMeter, your character could be like this in the ''{{Fable}}'' games. An NPC example would be Reaver, the Hero of Skill from ''Fable II''. He's a smug and egotistical pirate who is seen trying three times to immortalize his likeness in art, only to shoot the artist for some slight error in their work, and tricks you into [[spoiler: sacrificing your youth (or that of an NPC, if you're playing an evil character) to the Shadow Court in order to prolong his life.]]
** Of those artists that are killed, the first two maybe, ''maybe'' deserved it for screwing up the work. The third? [[spoiler: It's everyone's favorite photography dude, Barnum, who happily takes the picture and promises to deliver it in three months when it's "developified". Which, according to Reaver, is too long and a ''murderable offense'']].
* The [[CombatCommentator commentators]] from ''MadWorld''. One is a former contestant in the [[BloodSport Death Watch]], the other is a wife-beating TooKinkyToTorture {{Jerkass}} who's probably voicing this gig because he's too wanted to get work anywhere else and both of them are PlayedForLaughs.
* {{Alpha Protocol}}'s Steven Heck has, during the course of the game (if you play your cards right):
** Tied up and "interrogated" someone just to find out where he left his keys
** Mounted a Gatling gun to a train car and fired wildly on enemy agents as his train passed the station
** Cut off three of a man's fingers for calling him "Steve", BEFORE setting him on fire
** Reacts to being told "no casualties" like a normal person being told to eat a puppy
*** And despite all this, if you get him on your side, he's a genuinely good support character, doing everything he does out of loyalty to his friends and country.
* The character of the {{Rance}} series would probably be a complete monster in any other series with his casual rape and murder... but whenever the rape starts, it's a bit hard to take very seriously considering [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GauhWG340dI&feature=related the music that is playing.]] And that's just for starters.
* [[CuteWitch Marisa Kirisame]] from ''{{Touhou}}''.
* Gig from ''SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'' is a gleefully [[OmnicidalManiac Omnicidal]] ex-{{Psychopomp}}, responsible for why the game world is set AfterTheEnd, who spends the game [[DemonicPossession possessing your character]]. Because Gig has little direct control over your actions, he spends most of the game insulting, tricking and annoying the rest of the party and everyone else you interact with, snarking at your character's motivations and personal history, and repeatedly trying to tempt you to do evil and accept more of his power so he can gain more control of your body. The main character is forced to go along with his because a) he/she can't get rid of Gig as their souls are fused together, and b) Gig is the only being in the world powerful enough to defeat the World Eaters, and letting him possess you grants you access to some of his powers.
* Riki from ''{{Bangai-O}}'' seems to qualify, to an extent. While he has the noble goal of using the titular mech to defeat the Cosmo Gang, he doesn't hesitate to blast anyone that stands in his way ([[IneffectualSympatheticVillain no matter how sympathetic they are]]).
* Sergeant Viktor Reznov in the Russian/Soviet campaign of ''CallOfDuty: World at War'' seems to enjoy killing Germans a little too much. He even twice encouraged the PlayerCharacter to kill helpless German soldiers (first was when they surrendered, second was when they lay dying).
* Princess Sapphire from ''{{Disgaea 3}}'' is one part this and one part {{Cloudcuckoolander}}. She's liable to flip out and kill anything she perceives as a 'threat', only to come to her senses the next moment and apologize profusely to the very dead and broken body of her would-be opponent. Her solution to practically ever problem the party comes across [[MurderIsTheBestSolution is one form or another of 'murder']], including the suggestion to [[CharacterDevelopment 'open Mao's heart']]... With a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]]. Unlike most examples she usually *means* well, though. For a certain definition of 'well'.
* The SaintsRow protagonist is somewhat a bit heroic (but still on the looser side of sanity) in the first, considerably even more insane in the sequel, and gets a healthy boost in both categories in the third entry of the series. Pretty much anyone who's in the Saints also counts.
* Though most GTA protagonists fit the bill for this, Luis Lopez of ''GrandTheftAutoIV'' openly admits to being this. The only people he shows any attachment to are his mother, who he doesn't even particularly like while she frequently shows contempt towards him; his friends, with whom he has probably the healthiest relationship; and his benefactor Tony, who is a father figure to him, but who also uses Luis specifically because the only qualms he has about doing anything are purely practical ones. When asked by Brucie about him having a softer side, Luis replies with a flat "Not really, I like killing people for money."
* Travis Touchdown of the NoMoreHeroes series, at least in the first game. CharacterDevelopment in the sequel makes him much less of one.
* {{Bayonetta}} is a witch with dark powers who, despite being [[DarkIsNotEvil good]], is casually sadistic to the angels that she kills and she apparently [[LovesTheSoundOfScreaming loves the sound of them screaming]].
* The AngryBirds are positively loving of their eggs, make peace with their enemies at Christmas and...well, [[{{Pun}} fly]] into a RoaringRampageOfRevenge should anything threaten them.
* The entire team of ''TeamFortress2'' are a bunch of LaughablyEvil loonies with loads of ComedicSociopathy and AmusingInjuries thrown into the mix.
* FearEffect. Hana, Glas, and Deke are very much in this category. Rain doesn't seem to qualify as one.
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[[folder:Web Comics]]
* Belkar Bitterleaf from ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'' pictured above, is a hot-headed, impulsive, and homicidal ChaoticEvil halfling ranger/barbarian, and fits this trope in spite of being somewhat a [[ButtMonkey wacky hijinks victim]].
* Richard from ''{{Looking for Group}}'' is an undead warlock spellcaster of immense power who likes to slaughter innocent peasants and [[EatsBabies "eat babies"]] as well as having {{Cloudcuckoolander}} tendencies. His catchphrase is a variation on a line spoken in this comic: "You all saw it! That orphanage attacked me!" with the burning building in the background. He is (as mentioned before) undead, meaning he can take normally fatal injuries (such as being impaled through the stomach or getting an axe in the forehead) and joke about it, and is capable of destroying pretty much anything with his ice and fire spells (at the cost of needing to rest after exerting himself). His "partner" is the somewhat naive elf Cale'Anon Vatay, who wishes to be good and noble even though present-time elves are feared as brutal and callous after having wiped out the last remaining nation of their noble kindred in the past. Richard's excuse for traveling with the other characters is that he simply "likes killing things" and gets bored easily. Richard treats Cale like an amusing pet, but he "respects his [Cale's] willingness to kill" whenever Cale is confronted with obvious Bad Guys.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcbazH6aE2g&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Elfgcomic%2Ecom%2Fvideo%2FfcbazH6aE2g&feature=player_embedded This]] really says all there is to say about Richard.
** It's been said that if they changed LFG's title to "Richard Fucks Shit Up," and was all about Richard and his nonsense, readership would double. I'd still read it.
** Hell, I'd start buying merchandise.
** It may explain both Richard's callousness and his popularity that of the group, he seems to be the only one who knows he's playing a game... and anyone who's ever played a video game knows that no sympathy needs to be wasted on [=NPCs=], and the only thing to do is to [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential amuse yourself with them]].
*** YMMV on that, since some people may [[VideoGameCaringPotential feel sympathy]] for [=NPCs=] and act as either they or their character would in the situation.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcbazH6aE2g Hell, they even made him a musical. And even though this troper HATES musical as much as a thing that he hates a lot, he found this amazing!]]
* Bun-bun, the lop-eared switch-blade-wielding rabbit of ''SluggyFreelance''. His plans usually fall through, often due to Kiki's screwups, but he almost never suffers any consequences... usually because no-one's brave enough to try punishing him.
** He does still kill a lot of people, even innocent people, especially in the early years. Though it's debatable that [[AcceptableTargets telemarketers]] are "innocent".
* ''WalkyVerse'' Abductee Mike Warner, who especially enjoys Halloween: in different years, he's tried to sacrifice Joyce's dog in a Black Mass, dressed up as Saddam Hussein (and putting a fake beard on the same dog he tried kill, calling him 'Osama bin Doggie'), dressed again as the recently deceased head of the GovernmentConspiracy they worked for, and given out candy with razor blades in it. And that's what he does for fun; he's even worse the rest of the year. He crosses the line so many times that it has become blurred beyond all recognition.
* Fuzzy from ''{{Sam and Fuzzy}}''. A borderline heroic sociopath who lapses between true sociopathy and TheImp depending on the seriousness of the story arc (the less important the strip is, the more he gets away with).
** Recently it's come to light that Fuzzy merely took someone's advice about acting in a certain way. Couple this with his apparent [[spoiler: amnesia]] and there's no telling what behaviors of his are genuine, and what aren't, as even Sam himself has noted.
* In the CiemWebcomicSeries, Dolly Malestrom was all set to become one of these. The Earwig helmet brought out her more sociopathic tendencies, allowing her to [[{{Flanderization}} go from]] just {{Badass}} in general to flat-out AxCrazy.
* The title character of ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''. At their worst several other members of Tagon's Toughs would qualify as well, but Schlock is responsible for the lion's share.
** Schlock has been known to refer to his "random act of violence fix for the day".
** And then there's [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20070629.html Lieutenant Piebald]], for whom sociopathy would be the least of his conditions.
-->'''Ennesby:''' Thurl's really fleshed out the company. He had to turn away a few crazies, though.
-->'''Tagon:''' Violent sociopaths?
-->'''Ennesby:''' No, those are all getting signed right up.
-->'''Tagon:''' Good man, Thurl.
* ''GirlGenius''':
** Bangladesh Dupree. Although technically more of a PsychoForHire because she works for the antagonist Baron Wulfenbach, Dupree crosses the line over into this trope: The extremely over-the-top acts she inflicts upon the remaining cast with a cheer on her face while cracking jokes about it are played as much for laughs as for horror, and Wulfenbach is both a viewpoint character and an AntiVillain (and one may wonder how she plans to kill someone [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070718 with a block of cheese]]...).
** An even clearer example is Castle Heterodyne, a sadistic and sentient building loyal to the Heterodyne family. It gleefully inflicts gruesome acts of violence at anyone nearby at Agatha's command... And occasionally after interpreting an otherwise innocent comment from Agatha as a command... Or simply because Agatha isn't around to tell it not to. Because it thinks it's ''fun''.
*** ''GirlGenius'': even the buildings can be psychopaths.
** Then there are the Jaegers. Their loyalty to House Heterodyne comes first, and (for most of them) their loyalty to the baron comes second, but their third biggest motivation is sheer bloodlust. They are self-proclaimed "killing machines" who regard the evil Heterodynes as "the fun ones". They always charge into battle with great enthusiasm and laugh at the grisly deaths of their enemies. Nevertheless, so long as Lady Heterodyne is on the side of light, so are they, and most effective at it.
* [[FanNickname Black Hat Guy]] from ''{{xkcd}}''. [[http://xkcd.com/496/ And he's proud of this]].
** And his female rival-turned-girlfriend, who has no nickname. [[http://xkcd.com/481/ Not a typical malware author...]]
* "Red" from ''No Rest for the Wicked''. She carries around an ax, enjoys causing fear in the people around her, smells death, and her cloak is dyed in blood. Her partner is Princess November, a young naive girl who bruises easily. A very mild form, but still qualifies.
* Psycho Mantis from ''{{The Last Days of Foxhound}}'' is very much a HeroicSociopath. The webcomic also gives an excellent insight into the differences between the HeroicSociopath (Mantis) and the MagnificentBastard (Ocelot) - anyone who tangles with the latter on an intellectual level is going ''down'', but it is hard to engage in intellectual battle when your opponent just sets you on fire with his mind instead.
* Most of the characters from ''{{Charby the Vampirate}}'' fit this trope given how little they value human life (though the titular character eventually decides to stop killing people for the sake of his friendship with resident BadassLongcoat demon hunter Vic, the other characters continue to maim, [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Charby_the_Vampirate/4786993/ kill]], [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Charby_the_Vampirate/4787235/ slaughter]] and [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Charby_the_Vampirate/5172207/ eat]] whomever the want, whenever they feel like it).
* Mal of ''HeadTrip''. Her antics include: arson, assault with a deadly weapon, breaking and entering, holding Fox executives at knife point until they agree to give JossWhedon full artistic control over all future projects, abducting and threatening with torture a writer for lost, giving Jack Thompson a KarmicDeath and murdering ''SailorMoon''. She is likely not joking when she says that Ebert of Ebert and Roper has a restraining order on her. She even has her own demon assigned on a permanent basis to follow her around holding a handbasket.
* [[http://thecobradays.net/view.php?date=2006-01-18 The Fear]], [[http://thecobradays.net/view.php?date=2006-02-08 The Pain]], and [[http://thecobradays.net/view.php?date=2006-02-20 The Fury]] from ''TheCobraDays''. When they're not fighting agents of the Axis powers, they spend a lot of their time violently bickering with each other or picking on [[TheWoobie The Sorrow.]]
* Rocky from ''LackadaisyCats'', while being a fairly well-meaning guy overall, has very little grasp of what's socially acceptable and scares most "normal" cats he talks to. When carrying out rumrunning duties, he is completely unaverse to revenge and forcibly putting other "establishments" out of business... and he does. Oh, and he's a pyromaniac. Yet, his childlike enthusiasm, general clumsiness and ineptitude, and lyrical ability make him pretty endearing to the reader.
** Calvin (a.k.a. "Freckle") is probably a HeroicSociopath in training. A quiet, shy fella, he undergoes a complete and psychotic personality change any time he gets his paws on a gun. The end result can involve a lot of bodies (and horror on his part, once he comes back to himself). The story as it stands seems to suggest that he will put this particular "talent" to use, and then his "training" will probably be complete as far as this trope goes.
* Drew from ''{{MacHall}}'', a foul-mouthed, utterly cynical Comp Sci major who [[http://www.machall.com/view.php?date=2002-07-19 loves tormenting freshmen]] and is grandmaster of humorous DisproportionateRetribution. [[http://machall.com/view.php?date=2001-11-29 Like so]].
* The light warriors from ''EightBitTheater''. Black Mage in particular exemplifies the archetype, in spite of being the comic's major ChewToy on top of it.
** As Fighter himself once [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/05/10/episode-551-so-close-and-yet-so-far/ said]]...
--->'''Fighter:''' Oh, we usually murder our way to the top and claim victory whilst astride a pile of mangled bodies.\\
'''Garland:''' I see...\\
'''Fighter:''' But we're heroes so it's okay when '''''we''''' do that.
* Aram from ''MenInHats'', the prototype of Black Hat Guy.
* Kenta Daisuke of ''NoNeedForBushido'' ''does'' ultimately have a motive (guess [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge what it is]]), but it hardly covers all of his gleeful, wanton violence. He leaps at the chance to fight, loves nothing more than to slaughter countless enemies with a grin on his blood-spattered face, obtains all his money by mugging passers-by, and feels no regret whatsoever for harming others. Nor does he seem to understand that his casual violence makes others regard him as somewhat...disagreeable.
--> '''Ken:''' ''[[http://noneedforbushido.com/2007/comic/304/ (punches Fumio)]]'' THAT'S FER SAYIN' I WASN'T AGREEABLE!
* ''{{Chicanery}}'' has Ness, Pokey, Jeff and Mr. Saturn from ''{{Earthbound}}''. The gang have saved the world on more than one occasion - but are just as likely to steal, cheat and murder indiscriminately to get what they want.
* Skoll of ''CryHavoc'' qualifies. She is a good guy... but only because the people she mutilates and kills are slightly worse, or at least less skilled, than her.
* Ethan from ''[[CtrlAltDel Ctrl+ Alt+ Del]]'' who consistently has absent-minded daydreams about strange ways to kill or injure his co-worker Rob, a counter-strike playing idiot, and sometimes enacts these daydreams...he also daydreams about killing or injuring customers of the video game store he works at.
* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' has [[spoiler: [[ItsAllAboutMe the robot Edge]]]], who helps [[BigBadassWolf Florence]] [[LawfulGood Ambr]][[ScienceHero ose]] to prevent a [[ApocalypseHow genocide]] on [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously Human Robots]]...[[spoiler:so '''''HE''''' doesn't get [[FateWorseThanDeath lobotomised]]]].
* Doctor Hubris from [[http://www.theappleofdiscord.com The Apple of Discord]] (and later [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Apple_Valley Apple Valley]]) is usually responsible for whatever horrible things are going on in the comic, including [[spoiler:inventing the technology that created Gayzilla]] and creating a highly contagious form of "robot cancer". It's been implied several times that he hired Doyle just to kill him, and that the superheroes of Apple Valley classify him as a supervillain. It's even been implied that [[spoiler:he is the one who actually broke the barrier separating reality, not Arthur]] which has been more-or-less confirmed by WordOfGod.
* In ''ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'', Finland. Drunken, mute, ax-wielding, sniggers-at-your-misfortune Finland. Only Sister Sweden gets the better of him for long.
* In {{Noblesse}} we have [[spoiler:Franken]], who sounds like a mostly NiceGuy (albeit with [[NeatFreak a little obssession with cleanness]]) but he's actually THE BIGGEST MadScientist in the series who can pull out very scary SlasherSmile and impale people with brutal ease and the worst of all, ''enjoys'' it.
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* Simon, the ''{{Bastard Operator from Hell}}'', whose sole purpose is to act out all the malevolent revenge fantasies of the readership.
* Many LetsPlay sessions wind up turning video game protagonists into these, partly to keep it more as an OC. For instance, take Misty of ''[[http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Pokemon%20Emerald/ Pokémon Emerald]]''. In her spare time, she apparently enjoys beating things and watching her Pokémon eat smaller ones, and has killed (and eaten) several of her ''own'' Pokémon simply because they annoyed her.
** Also, in the ''Pokémon Crystal'' Let's Play by the same person, it is hinted that she killed Red.
* ''PurePwnage'''s FPS_Doug gives off this vibe sometimes, particularly in the [[BoomHeadshot "BOOM HEADSHOT!"]] segment from episode 5.
* [[CoxAndCombesWashington George Washington]], albeit heavy on the sociopath and light on the heroic part.
** Well, he did save the children... [[AcceptableNationalityTargets but not the British children]]. In fact, at one point he goes to save the children from a burning school before he realises it's a ''British'' school and proceeds to push the building off a cliff.
* A common attribute of ''{{Protectors of the Plot Continuum}}'', especially those in the Department of Floaters, the Department of {{Mary Sue}}s, and the Department of Geological Aberrations. Given that the last two are [[MurderIsTheBestSolution Assassins]] and [[DestructiveSaviour Pyros]], and they are all volunteers, this should not be particularly surprising.
* Mr. Popo from ''DragonballAbridged''. He is able to control an ancient Namekian starship just by saying his name to it -- not because of any programming, but because ''it knows better''.
* Near the end of V3 of ''SurvivalOfTheFittest'', Dominica Shapiro [[HeelRealization realizes that she has become this]] [[spoiler: just before she throws herself at the terrorists guns a-blazing in a bid to keep the escaping students safe, and to have some fun in the meanwhile.]]
* The "anti-walkthroughs" featured on [[{{IT-HE Software}} it-he.org]] make the protagonists of the ''{{Ultima}}'' series, ''{{Thief}}'', ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' and ''ElderScrolls'' into these, partially for sake of SequenceBreaking and partially for the pure fun of VideogameCrueltyPotential.
* Glorion from JourneyQuest. Just imagine the page image with Belkar replaced by a [[GlorySeeker glory seeking]] knight. "You killed every single orc to cross our path, and some that were nowhere near our path".
* [[HalfLife Gordon Freeman]], once you [[FreemansMind listen to his thoughts]] during the whole Black Mesa Incident.
* ChristianBrutalSniper
* ShinyObjectsVideos: It's kind of hard to determine if it's this or flat-out VillainProtagonist, but the protagonists are pretty unfazed by the suffering of others. Particularly of [[TheWoobie Guido]].
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* Eric Cartman from ''SouthPark'' tends to flip-flop back and forth between this and VillainProtagonist, depending upon the demands of a particular episode. Yes, he is a smarmy, self-serving, ''thoroughly'' sociopathic bully who has no qualms about doing literally whatever he wants, damn the consequences. But one side effect is that he's so completely fucked up that he can occasionally be called upon to get everyone else out of catastrophic situations when all else seems lost - and he does so in ways so ruthlessly efficient and imaginative, only ''he'' could have ever come up with them. In TheMovie, for starters, he [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome saves the entire world from being swallowed by the legions of Hell by electrocuting an undead Saddam Hussein]].
* Stewie from ''{{Family Guy}}'' is perhaps the most classic example of the heroic sociopath as he is a fan favorite whose antics are over the top mostly for comedic effect and he has little intent to kill or harm his family save for Lois. Yet it is made clear at varying times he does not always think much of Peter, Chris, or Meg either.
* Gaz from ''InvaderZim''.
* Mandy and Grim, ''{{The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy}}''. The show sometimes subverted it by having Mandy do everything right, but fail because of [[SurroundedByIdiots the idiots around her]], or bad luck. For a little girl, though, her achievements are quite impressive.
** She did once erase every living thing from existence except herself but, probably because the CrapsackWorld the show is set in is so surreal, it didn't last.
* A possible case in the Warden from ''{{Superjail}}''. While dedicated to his job and perfecting the art of incarceration, he is AT LEAST a psychopathic sadist the show isn't afraid to play for laughs. Most of the people he ends up killing - generally indirectly - are dangerous inmates who pose a clear threat to society.
* Brock Samson from ''TheVentureBrothers'' is a scientist's bodyguard whose main priority (at least in the beginning) is to brutally murder his enemies while having sex with as many women as possible. His college football career (and scholarship) ended when he accidentally killed another player, so he joined the army. He wound up as a government agent with his own license to kill, which he's been known to take advantage of if a bartender makes fun of his mullet.
** Also Rusty, from the same show. While not as bloodthirsty as Brock, he isn't above screwing over friends, family, or innocent bystanders just to gain the most minor of conveniences. Not to mention his Joy Can, a virtual reality simulator ''[[PoweredByAForsakenChild powered by an orphan's heart]]''!
* Captain Hero from ''DrawnTogether'' is ostensibly a superhero, but has almost no regard for human life whatsoever (although he may simply be too stupid to know what he's doing). An example of his sociopathy is throwing an entire planet (which happens to be his ''home planet'') and everything living on it into a star to prove he's "heroic".
** Don't forget his clever use of human shields.
*** Captain Hero One! Billions of Innocent Zeblonians... um... dead. Oh. I uh... (Slinks away)
** Ling Ling, the [[{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]] spoof from the same show is initially portrayed as this as well; a murderous sociopath who wants to kill and destroy everyone he encounters in hilariously brutal manners, but later becomes a frequent ChewToy[=/=]ButtMonkey (given [[SadistShow the nature of the show]], this could apply to anybody, though).
*** It takes on a whole new dimension when one episode reveals that among his people, battles to the death are an allegory for sex, complete with one-night stands and unsatisfied opponents faking it.
* In ''TheBoondocks'', Ed Wuncler III and Gin Rummy are two sociopathic veteran soldiers who constantly drink, curse, and rob stores yet get away with their idiotic plans due to Wuncler's extremely rich father having the police on his payroll.
** Riley is a sociopath-in-training. Naturally he gets away with anything his gurus do, but he could incite a riot and get a mere slap across the crown for cursing too much.
* Korgoth from ''{{Korgoth of Barbaria}}'' is basically a combination of ConanTheBarbarian and [[TheVentureBrothers Brock Samson]]. He is an apathetic and anti-social {{badass}} with an insatiable appetite for sex and violence in the most graphic degree. In just the first fight of the pilot episode, he tears off a man's arm and beats him to death with it, chops a man in half down the middle with an axe, and tears off another man's skin, douses him with alcohol, and lights him on fire. ''For laughs''.
* Each member of Dethklok in ''{{Metalocalypse}}'' is a HeroicSociopath, brutally killing and maiming people ''even live on stage'' with no consequences whatsoever. In fact, it seems that because of this nature they are ridiculously powerful and wealthy; ranking as the 12th most powerful nation in the world, despite only being a band.
** It should be noted that very rarely is Dethklok the ''direct'' cause of the violence around them, and even when they are, it's not always intentional. Not that they necessarily care about a few thousand casualties, of course. Until it starts to affect their record sales.
*** And then there's their manager...
* Flippy from ''HappyTreeFriends'', the cuddly teddy bear [[ShellShockedSenior Vietnam war veteran]] who is capable of going on atrocious (not to mention [[CrossesTheLineTwice hilariously]] [[BloodyHilarious violent]]) rampages on the drop of a hat due to flashbacks.
* In ''{{Futurama}}'', Bender is a megalomaniacal robot who is only after his personal stimulation. He is frequently shown stealing just about anything he can get his claws on, as well as indulging in all manner of other crimes and immoral behavior. A recurring joke is his apparent desire to "kill all humans." DependingOnTheWriter, however, he can also be a LoveableRogue and/or a ManipulativeBastard.
-->"I came here with a simple dream... a dream of killing all humans. And this is how it must end? Who's the real 7 billion ton robot monster here? Not I... Not I..."
* Killface (real name Evelyn) from ''FriskyDingo''. His goal for much of the series is to use his [[WeaponOfMassDestruction Annihilatrix]] to propel Earth into the sun for no apparent reason, and he kills and mains people at the drop of the hat. In the pilot episode he kills a man and uses the corpse to stage an impromptu ventriloquist act (oblivious to how appallingly lame his jokes are). [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr7n6tQhB-w Watch some choice moments.]]
*** And yet he's still more sympathetic than Xander Crews. Proving, forever, that it's better to be a sociopath than a douchebag.
* The title character in ''{{Assy McGee}}'' may very well qualify, being a ultra-violent and remorseless parody of 70's/80's cops (though, he is clinically depressed) that makes [[TwentyFour Jack Bauer]] look tame by comparison.
* Izzy of ''TotalDramaIsland'', who not only looks back at the time she BLEW UP A MOUNTIES' CAMP with cheer, but enjoys being hunted down by them!
--->'''Izzy:''' You'll never get me alive! AHAHAHAHAHA!!
* ''TheBrakShow'' features Zorak Jones, an [[LeaveItToBeaver Eddie Haskell-esque]] character who is also a sadistic, sociopathic, morally bankrupt misanthrope. He is basically what you get when you mix [[AquaTeenHungerForce Master Shake]] and [[SouthPark Cartman]]. Luckily though, [[TheChewToy he often gets killed horrifically]] during each episode, which might make him somewhat of a subversion.
* Heloise from ''{{Jimmy Two-Shoes}}'' is this. She works for Misery Inc. as [[MadScientist top inventor]] to make hazardous products and she also like to [[EnfanteTerrible destroy things for fun]]. However, she likes to hangs out with [[MoralityPet Jimmy due to her crush on him]].
* Possibly Rico from ''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar.'' He's described at least once in universe as a "world-class psychopath," and he especially likes blowing stuff up and causing other characters bodily harm. That said, is there anybody out there who doesn't absolutely love Rico? I doubt it.
** Skipper too. In less then five minutes he's admitted his dream future involves a post apocalyptic scenario with roving bands of irradiated mutants and then proceeds to help stop a time paradox from erasing existence.
* [[{{Gorillaz}} Murdoc Niccals]], big time. His rap sheet includes fraud, kidnapping, extortion, OrganTheft, tons and tons of assault and possibly homicide. Despite this, he's still technically a protagonist, and maintains a [[KavorkaMan sizable fanbase]] as such.
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->'''Belkar:''' So, I did what I always do--murder people horribly--but because I killed the people everyone else wanted me to kill, I get presents instead of prison time?
->'''Roy:''' Uh, well, it's a lot more complicated than that, but--
->'''Belkar:''' HA HA HA HA HA HA! It's working! It's WORKING, SUCKERS!
-->-- ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'', demonstrating the [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy extremely rare]] "[[CharacterDevelopment fake character development]]"
The HeroicComedicSociopath is a very ''special'' sort of comic relief who works toward a positive, morally affirming goal whilst being as evil as possible along the way. He differs from most AntiHero archetypes in that he's never ineffectual or angsty - he loves what he does for a living. His punishment, at worst, is that he may be on the receiving end of some ComedicSociopathy. Far more often he's dealing out ComedicSociopathy and [[CrossesTheLineTwice Crossing The Line Twice]] at such a rate that he quickly becomes a [[EnsembleDarkhorse fan favorite]]. (Note that it is nearly always a ''he''; female Heroic Sociopaths are rare.)
A HeroicComedicSociopath can and will eat the souls of jaywalkers, swindle old ladies, detonate buildings, punt puppies into traffic, and steal candy from babies all in broad daylight with a hundred witnesses present, in the funniest way possible. The KarmaHoudini is a natural part of his being -- not because he's too [[{{Badass}} badass]] to be captured, but because it's [[RuleOfFunny hilarious]]. Being cranked up to the top and played for laughs as he is, the HeroicComedicSociopath is so fun, evil and invincible that the audience naturally cheers for him and his wacky antics. At the same time, he serves as WishFulfillment: a fantasy for the audience. Anyone who has wanted to give the boss what they deserve can wish they were like the HeroicComedicSociopath, or had a HeroicComedicSociopath ally to sic on said boss.
At this point you may be wondering why actually good characters in the story put up with him. While he may be a monster in other circumstances, he's ''our'' monster. Sometimes the other heroes have protection from the HeroicComedicSociopath's hijinks -- it might be a RestrainingBolt, or the fact that the heroes combined can stand up to him. Failing that, they may be in some way endearing to him. Or possibly the HeroicComedicSociopath just finds the heroes amusing enough to see the advantage of not pestering them too much, or may just find it more fun to target the bad guys instead. Other times, they don't have that luxury and are stuck with an "ally" as disrupting to them as to their enemies.
Compare SociopathicHero, for when this kind of behavior is not PlayedForLaughs. See also TokenEvilTeammate.
->'''Belkar:''' So, I did what I always do--murder people horribly--but because I killed the people everyone else wanted me to kill, I get presents instead of prison time?
->'''Roy:''' Uh, well, it's a lot more complicated than that, but--
->'''Belkar:''' HA HA HA HA HA HA! It's working! It's WORKING, SUCKERS!
-->-- ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'', demonstrating the [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy extremely rare]] "[[CharacterDevelopment fake character development]]"
The HeroicComedicSociopath is a very ''special'' sort of comic relief who works toward a positive, morally affirming goal whilst being as evil as possible along the way. He differs from most AntiHero archetypes in that he's never ineffectual or angsty - he loves what he does for a living. His punishment, at worst, is that he may be on the receiving end of some ComedicSociopathy. Far more often he's dealing out ComedicSociopathy and [[CrossesTheLineTwice Crossing The Line Twice]] at such a rate that he quickly becomes a [[EnsembleDarkhorse fan favorite]]. (Note that it is nearly always a ''he''; female Heroic Sociopaths are rare.)
A HeroicComedicSociopath can and will eat the souls of jaywalkers, swindle old ladies, detonate buildings, punt puppies into traffic, and steal candy from babies all in broad daylight with a hundred witnesses present, in the funniest way possible. The KarmaHoudini is a natural part of his being -- not because he's too [[{{Badass}} badass]] to be captured, but because it's [[RuleOfFunny hilarious]]. Being cranked up to the top and played for laughs as he is, the HeroicComedicSociopath is so fun, evil and invincible that the audience naturally cheers for him and his wacky antics. At the same time, he serves as WishFulfillment: a fantasy for the audience. Anyone who has wanted to give the boss what they deserve can wish they were like the HeroicComedicSociopath, or had a HeroicComedicSociopath ally to sic on said boss.
At this point you may be wondering why actually good characters in the story put up with him. While he may be a monster in other circumstances, he's ''our'' monster. Sometimes the other heroes have protection from the HeroicComedicSociopath's hijinks -- it might be a RestrainingBolt, or the fact that the heroes combined can stand up to him. Failing that, they may be in some way endearing to him. Or possibly the HeroicComedicSociopath just finds the heroes amusing enough to see the advantage of not pestering them too much, or may just find it more fun to target the bad guys instead. Other times, they don't have that luxury and are stuck with an "ally" as disrupting to them as to their enemies.
Compare SociopathicHero, for when this kind of behavior is not PlayedForLaughs. See also TokenEvilTeammate.
